MATTER OF LUIS S. v. ZORAIDA L.


39 A.D.3d 377 (2007)

833 N.Y.S.2d 506

In the Matter of LUIS S., Appellant, v. ZORAIDA L. et al., Respondents, and FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEMS UNLIMITED, Respondent.

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

Decided April 19, 2007.


Family Court denied the motion for DNA testing and dismissed the petition upon a finding that the child's best interests required that petitioner be equitably estopped from claiming paternity (Family Ct Act § 532 [a]). Petitioner argues (improperly for the first time on appeal) that the finding lacks sufficient factual support in the absence of expert testimony that the child's present psychological condition would be adversely affected were she to have a relationship...

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