RONALD FF. v. CINDY GG.


70 N.Y.2d 141 (1987)

In the Matter of Ronald FF., Respondent, v. Cindy GG., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund J. Hoffmann, Jr., for appellant.

LeRoy Johnston III and Mahlon R. Perkins for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur.


BELLACOSA, J.

Visitation rights may not be granted on the authority of the Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys (40 N.Y.2d 543) extraordinary circumstances rule, to a biological stranger where the child, born out of wedlock, is properly in the custody of his mother. Petitioner was proven by blood test and admissions not to be the father of the child. Respondent is conceded to...

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