Order unanimously reversed on the law and facts, without costs, and petition dismissed.
Memorandum:
In a filiation case the burden of proof is upon the petitioner (16 N. Y. Jur., Domestic Relations, § 520), and because of the nature of such cases and the difficulty of any respondent to meet a charge of paternity against him (Drummond v. Dolan, 155 App. Div. 449, 450-451; see, also, Matter of Rebmann v. Muldoon,
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