BACON v. BACON


46 N.Y.2d 477 (1979)

Alexandra T. Bacon, an Infant by Her Mother Janice T. Bacon, et al., Appellants, v. Varick Bacon, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Siskind for appellants.

Christopher S. Rooney, Lawrence P. McGauley and Albert G. Lingelbach for respondent.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Samuel A. Hirshowitz and Robert J. Schack of counsel), amicus curiae.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Section 516 of the Family Court Act permits a mother and putative father, upon fulfillment of certain requirements, to enter into a binding agreement for the support of their out-of-wedlock child. Complete performance of such an agreement "bars other remedies of the mother or child for the support and education of the child" (Family...

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