MATTER OF JENNIFER S. v. TONY J.

1885.

143 A.D.3d 518 (2016)

2016 NY Slip Op 06744

38 N.Y.S.3d 798

In the Matter of JENNIFER S., Respondent, v. TONY J., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided October 13, 2016.


The court properly determined that equitable estoppel prevented appellant from challenging his paternity of the child with DNA testing since the record, including appellant's own testimony, establishes that he had a long-standing bond with the child, whom he has supported financially and emotionally, and that such testing would not be in the child's best interest (see Family Ct Act § 418 [a]; Matter of Shondel J...

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