MTR. OF SHONDEL J. v. Mark D.

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 2006-07-06

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OPINION OF THE COURT Rosenblatt, J. In this child support proceeding, we hold that a man who has mistakenly represented himself as a child’s father may be estopped from denying paternity, and made to pay child support, when the child justifiably relied on the man’s representation of paternity, to the child’s detriment. We reach this conclusion based on the best…

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