MATTER OF HANLEY v. WILCOX


57 A.D.2d 697 (1977)

In the Matter of Lorraine Hanley, as Deputy Commissioner of The Oneida County Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Larry Wilcox, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

April 7, 1977


Order unanimously reversed, without costs, and petition dismissed.

Memorandum:

Paternity must be established by evidence that is "clear, convincing and entirely satisfactory", something more than a mere preponderance of the evidence (Matter of Piccola v Hibbard, 51 A.D.2d 674; Matter of Hawthorne v De Both 42 A.D.2d 827). In the case of a child born to a married woman, the...

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