MATTER OF PIERCE v. YERKOVICH


80 Misc.2d 613 (1974)

In the Matter of Franklin Pierce, Petitioner, v. Gloria J. Yerkovich, Respondent.

Family Court, Ulster County.

December 4, 1974


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Cohen for petitioner. Richard Overbagh for respondent. Nancy Riseley, special guardian.


HUGH R. ELWYN, J.

The petitioner, Franklin Pierce, the acknowledged father of an illegitimate child, seeks to have defined and enforced his asserted right to visitation with his five-year-old daughter, which right the mother has, for the past year and a half, adamantly refused to recognize.

Custody of the child is not at issue. What is at issue is whether through de-emphasis of parental rights (see ...

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