Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Kings County, for a hearing on the issue of whether the proceeding was timely commenced to Family Court Act § 517.
The petitioner, Sheila Washington, commenced the instant proceeding at the age of 25, after the death of her putative father, Bobby Fields, to obtain an order of filiation to facilitate her application for Social...
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