Rapp v. Birch

Full title: In the Matter of MARILYN RAPP, Respondent, v. CHRISTOPHER BIRCH, Appellant

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

Date published: Jul 14, 1969

32 A.D.2d 962 (N.Y. App. Div. 1969)

303 N.Y.S.2d 30

Opinion

July 14, 1969

Two orders of the Family Court, Suffolk County, dated September 3, 1968 and December 6, 1968, respectively, affirmed, with one bill of costs. In our opinion, the evidence in this paternity proceeding was sufficient to create a genuine belief in the mind of the trier of the facts that appellant is the father of the child ( Commissioner of Public Welfare v. Ryan, 238 App. Div. 607, 608; see People v. Arcieri, 8 A.D.2d 923; People v. Mendel, 10 A.D.2d 767). Rabin, Acting P.J., Benjamin, Munder, Martuscello and Kleinfeld, JJ., concur.