MATTER OF JOSE F.R. v. REINA C.A.


46 A.D.3d 564 (2007)

846 N.Y.S.2d 630

In the Matter of JOSE F.R., Appellant, v. REINA C.A., Respondent.

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

Decided December 4, 2007.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The doctrine of equitable estoppel may be invoked to preclude a parent from challenging an order of filiation. In determining whether equitable estoppel should be applied, it is the child's best interests which are of paramount concern (see Matter of Gina L. v David W., 34 A.D.3d 810, 811 [2006]; Matter of Griffin v Marshall, 294 A...

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