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,
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