Contrary to the court's conclusion that appellant had no further interest in the outcome of petitioner's paternity proceeding after his own paternity petition was dismissed on default, as the husband of the child's mother at the time of the child's birth, appellant is presumed to be the child's father until the presumption is rebutted, and therefore was a necessary party to petitioner's paternity proceeding (see Family Ct Act § 417; Matter of Marilene S. v...
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