The question before the court on this motion is: Does the Family Court, in a proceeding to enforce an order of support entered upon an order of filiation, have the power to direct the Commissioner of Health of the City of New York to change the surname of a child from that of her natural mother to that of her putative father?
The petitioner mother contends the court does not because (1) the procedure outlined in article 6 of the...
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