Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the petition is denied in its entirety.
Contrary to the Supreme Court's determination, the father of the infant born out of wedlock failed to establish that the infant's best interests will be substantially promoted by changing the infant's surname to his surname (see, Matter of Mercado v Townsend,
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