Mary Ellen C. v. Joseph William C.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Mary Ellen C. v. Joseph William C.

79 A.D.2d 1024, 435 N.Y.S.2d 738, 1981 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9937

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJanuary 26, 1981

StatusPublished

Cited by8 cases

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Mary Ellen C. v. Joseph William C., 79 A.D.2d 1024, 435 N.Y.S.2d 738, 1981 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9937 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1981).

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In a paternity proceeding, petitioner appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County, dated July 12, 1979, which dismissed the petition on the ground that such a proceeding abates upon the death of the putative father (reported sub nom. Matter of Corbett v Corbett, 100 Misc 2d 270). Order affirmed, without costs or disbursements. A paternity proceeding is a proceeding instituted to determine a relationship or status between individuals and, as such, it is purely personal to the parties. Thus, in this case, [1025]*1025where the putative father died prior to the commencement of the proceeding for an order of filiation (the proceeding having been brought against the administratrix of the decedent’s estate), the cause of action abated prior to the institution of the proceeding and the matter was properly dismissed (see Matter of People v Polep, 233 App Div 450; Matter of Middlebrooks v Hatcher, 55 Misc 2d 301; 58 ALR3d 188; 10 Am Jur 2d, Bastards, § 97, p 917; 10 CJS, Bastards, § 47, p 150). Titone, J.P., Lazer, Gulotta and Margett, JJ., concur.

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In a paternity proceeding, petitioner appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County, dated July 12, 1979, which dismissed the petition on the ground that such a proceeding abates upon the death of the putative father (reported sub nom. Matter of Corbett v Corbett, 100 Misc 2d 270). Order affirmed, without costs or disbursements. A paternity proceeding is a proceeding instituted to determine a relationship or status between individuals and, as such, it is purely personal to the parties. Thus, in this case, [1025]*1025where the putative father died prior to the commencement of the proceeding for an order of filiation (the proceeding having been brought against the administratrix of the decedent’s estate), the cause of action abated prior to the institution of the proceeding and the matter was properly dismissed (see Matter of People v Polep, 233 App Div 450; Matter of Middlebrooks v Hatcher, 55 Misc 2d 301; 58 ALR3d 188; 10 Am Jur 2d, Bastards, § 97, p 917; 10 CJS, Bastards, § 47, p 150). Titone, J.P., Lazer, Gulotta and Margett, JJ., concur.

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79 A.D.2d 1024, 435 N.Y.S.2d 738, 1981 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9937, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/mary-ellen-c-v-joseph-william-c-nyappdiv-1981.

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