In a unanimous panel decision issued by the Appellate Division, First Department, the court recently invalidated a 1992 support agreement because it failed to provide adequate support for a child born out of wedlock.
Validity of Child Support Statute Is Questioned
In a unanimous panel decision issued by the Appellate Division, First Department, the court recently invalidated a 1992 support agreement because it failed to provide adequate support for a child born out of wedlock. What made the case noteworthy was the fact that the court's opinion called into question the constitutionality of a decades-old family law statute that requires judicial approval of an agreement for child support between a mother and the purported father of a nonmarital child.
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