Matter of Thomas T. v. Luba R.

Appeal by the petitioner from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Mary R. O’Donoghue, J.), dated January 11, 2016. The order, after a hearing, dismissed the petition seeking to declare the petitioner the father of the subject child.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The petitioner commenced this proceeding pursuant to Fam ily Court Act article 5 to establish his paternity with respect to the subject child. After a hearing, the Family Court determined that the petitioner was equitably estopped from claiming paternity with respect to the child and…