MATTER OF MEEGAN v. DONALD


64 N.Y.2d 751 (1984)

In the Matter of Meegan S., Appellant, v. Donald T., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rolf Ondeck Ronning for appellant.

Livingston L. Hatch for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur in memorandum.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the petition reinstated.

A paternity suit commenced by petitioner (the child's mother) on February 2, 1983, some three years after the child's birth, was dismissed as untimely under the two-year Statute of Limitations then in effect (Family Ct Act, § 517, subd [a]). Shortly thereafter, the Legislature enlarged the limitations...

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