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MATTER OF "P" v. DEPT. OF HEALTH, CITY OF N. Y.

200 Misc. 1090 (1951)

In the Matter of "P", Petitioner, v. Department of Health of the City of New York, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Bronx County.

August 14, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney M. Offer for petitioner.

Nathan Rogers, special guardian for incompetent.

John P. McGrath, Corporation Counsel (E. Allen Jacobs of counsel), for respondent.

MATTHEW M. LEVY, J.

This is an application by one P to direct the department of health of the city of New York to issue a new or amended birth certificate so as to state that the surname of a certain infant is P instead of H. The petitioner (whom we have called P) claims to be the father of the child. The mother is mentally disturbed and has been a patient at a State hospital for a number of years. The Justice...

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