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Matter of Fannie v. Charles

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 13, 1986
116 A.D.2d 576 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

Opinion

January 13, 1986

Appeal from the Family Court, Kings County (Deutsch, J.).


Order affirmed, with costs.

Although in direct conflict with the testimony of appellant, the hearing court found that the testimony of the mother that she and appellant engaged in sexual intercourse during the period of conception "has the clear ring of truth". This finding of fact is accorded great weight by this court, since the hearing court had the opportunity to observe the mother and appellant when they testified (see, Matter of Commissioner of Social Servs. v Philip De G., 97 A.D.2d 760; Matter of Commissioner of Social Servs. v Martinez, 96 A.D.2d 496). The mother's testimony, combined with the fact that there was no evidence whatsoever that a man other than appellant had access to the mother during the period of conception and the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) test results indicating that appellant had a 99.9% "plausibility of paternity", provides "`clear and convincing' evidence [of paternity], evidence which is `entirely satisfactory' and creates a genuine belief that [appellant] is the father of the child" (Matter of Commissioner of Social Servs. v Philip De G., 59 N.Y.2d 137, 141-142). Therefore, the order of filiation is affirmed. Gibbons, J.P., Brown, Weinstein and Lawrence, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Fannie v. Charles

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 13, 1986
116 A.D.2d 576 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)
Case details for

Matter of Fannie v. Charles

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of FANNIE R.H., Respondent, v. CHARLES E., Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jan 13, 1986

Citations

116 A.D.2d 576 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

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