Summary judgment cannot be granted solely on the basis of the defendant father-in-law's denial of having orally promised to support plaintiff and her children. Such denial serves only to raise an issue of credibility. Moreover, it is at variance with a long history of support. Defendants' assertion of the statute of frauds as a bar to this action is premature prior to discovery. Defendants' own records may contain a writing sufficient to satisfy the statute. Nor can it be...
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