MATTER OF ARANESSA L. v. ISAAC C.

3538.

148 A.D.3d 609 (2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 02380

50 N.Y.S.3d 354

In the Matter of ARANESSA L., Respondent, v. ISAAC C., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided March 28, 2017.


The Family Court properly concluded that the best interests of the child required that respondent be equitably estopped from obtaining DNA testing and denying paternity. The record established that he assumed the role of a parent, albeit in a somewhat limited way, and led the child to believe that he was her father for the next 15 years of her life (see Matter of Glenda G. v Mariano M., 62 A.D.3d 536 [1st Dept 2009], lv denied...

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