66 Misc. 2d 1096 | N.Y. Fam. Ct. | 1971
In this proceeding under the Uniform Support of Dependents Law (Domestic Relations Law, art. 3A), petitioner seeks support of an out-of-wedlock child. Respondent denies paternity. Petitioner has submitted a photocopy of an ‘ ‘ Acknowledgment of Paternity ’ ’ purportedly signed by respondent under date of September 11, 1970 — not a verified statement.
Subdivision 5 of section 33 of the Domestic Relations Law reads: ‘ ‘ The natural parents of a child born out of wedlock
Although no reported cases on the subject have been found, it seems clear that the adjudication referred to in the statute may not be made in the Uniform Support of Dependents Law proceeding. Before such a proceeding may be sustained, absent the required acknowledgment, paternity must be established in a proceeding under article 5 of the Family Court Act.
Accordingly, this proceeding is dismissed without prejudice to petitioner’s right to prosecute a paternity proceeding in accordance with article 5 of the Family Court Act, and, if paternity shall be adjudicated in such proceeding, to claim .support therein or in a proceeding under the Uniform Support of Dependents Law.