Covert v. John SS.

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Madison County (Humphreys, J.), entered June 10, 1987, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 5, to adjudicate respondent as the father of a child born to Martha RR.

*824Petitioner commenced this proceeding on behalf of a mother who is receiving public assistance. The mother testified at the filiation hearing that she had sexual intercourse with respondent on October 7, 1979 without the use of any contraceptive device and had no other sexual relations relevant to the birth of her…