Appellant, putative father, recently discharged from a hospital after serious brain surgery, was alleged to be the father of the three children involved in this filiation proceeding. Section 531 of the Family Court Act provides that in such a proceeding "the respondent shall not be compelled to testify." Just as in the cases cited below: "Appellant appeared at the trial without counsel. Under the circumstances, the trial court erred in putting questions to him without first...
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