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MATTER OF COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. PAUL C.

No. 123 SSM 7.

16 N.Y.3d 846 (2011)

In the Matter of COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, on Behalf of MAUDLYN V.R., Respondent, v. PAUL C., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided April 5, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Elisofon , Brooklyn, for appellant.

Michael A. Cardozo , Corporation Counsel, New York City ( Julie Steiner of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur in memorandum.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs, and the certified question not answered upon the ground it is unnecessary.

In this child support proceeding, the courts below correctly held that the Commissioner of Social Services was not required to prove that the award of public assistance to the mother was justified. The father suggested that he could bear the burden of proving that the mother...

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