MATTER OF LAVIS v. CLAIR


226 A.D.2d 535 (1996)

640 N.Y.S.2d 609

In the Matter of Kathleen Lavis, Appellant, v. Edward Clair, Jr., Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 15, 1996


Ordered that the orders are affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The petitioner's contention that the Family Court Judge improperly excluded the results of the DNA blood testing is without merit. Family Court Act § 532 (a) was amended effective June 15, 1994 (L 1994, ch 170) to provide that the court "shall order the mother, her child and the alleged father to submit to one or more blood genetic marker or DNA tests" upon the motion of a party in a paternity...

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