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ONCE PETITIONER’S PATERNITY HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED BY GENETIC TESTING FAMILY COURT HAD THE AUTHORITY TO VACATE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY (AOP) PREVIOUSLY EXECUTED BY MOTHER’S BOYFRIEND (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing (modifying) Family Court, determined that once petitioner had been established to be the father of the child by court-ordered genetic testing Family Court had the power to vacate mother’s boyfriend’s acknowledgment of paternity (AOP):

… [G]iven the continued existence of the AOP, we acknowledge respondents’ concern that the order of filiation might have effectively created an impermissible three-parent arrangement for the subject child … . The court … had the power to vacate the AOP to address that concern … , and we conclude that the AOP should be vacated in order to eliminate any question that petitioner is the child’s only legal father. We therefore modify the order by granting petitioner’s motion in its entirety and vacating the AOP. Matter of Ryan M. E. v Shelby S., 2021 NY Slip Op 00717, Fourth Dept 2-5-21

 

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