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PETITIONER HAD AN EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR WITH MOTHER WHO REMAINS MARRIED, PETITION FOR GENETIC TESTING PROPERLY DENIED BASED UPON THE PRESUMPTION OF LEGITIMACY AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined Family Court properly denied the petitioner’s request for genetic testing, citing the presumption of legitimacy and the best interests of the child. Petitioner had an extramarital affair with mother, who remains married:

The testimony at the hearing established that respondents were married at all relevant times, including when the child was conceived and when the child was born. The husband was present at the child’s birth and was named on the child’s birth certificate as the father. Since the birth of the child, who was three years old at the time of the hearing, it is undisputed that the husband has taken an active role as a parent and has developed a strong and loving bond with the child … . The mother testified that she believes the husband to be the child’s biological father and, to date, the husband is the only father that the child has known. Although petitioner’s expert and the school social worker who testified on respondents’ behalf disagreed on the ultimate question of whether genetic testing should be performed, petitioner’s expert specifically qualified his recommendation, stating that, although he believed genetic testing should be performed, he “would not want that to suddenly mean that the child has to find [the results] out” and opined that, to do so at such a young age, would be “ill-advised” and that any such revelation should occur sometime “within [10] years” and “before puberty,” with the aid of “counseling or consultation.” Meanwhile, the social worker opined that, given the child’s young age, it would be confusing, traumatic and potentially disruptive to his development and ability to form proper attachments throughout the rest of his life should such information be revealed at the present time. Family Court also appropriately considered the hostility that petitioner harbors toward respondents in determining that granting petitioner’s application would only serve to create uncertainty and unnecessarily disrupt the child’s otherwise stable, loving and established family dynamic … . Matter of Mario WW. v Kristin XX., 2019 NY Slip Op 04798, Third Dept 6-13-19

 

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