IN THE MATTER OF DAVID P.


10 A.D.3d 453 (2004)

780 N.Y.S.2d 912

In the Matter of DAVID ROBERT T. DAVID P., Appellant; AUDRA T., Respondent.

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

Decided August 23, 2004.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The father of the infant child born out of wedlock failed to establish that the child's best interests will be substantially promoted by changing the child's surname to his surname (see Civil Rights Law § 63). Consequently, the Supreme Court properly denied the petition (see Matter of Cinquemani v Guarino, 290 A.D.2d 554 [2002]; Matter of Cassidy Lynn M.,<...

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