[student Kim]

Hello,

I'm a belgian student and I have a question, for me hard to find. I'm sure it's a easy question for you cause you're familiar to the lawsystem of New York.

If a person thinks he is not the father of a child, can he deny his paternity at any time? In Belgium they have to do this within the year after the child is born. Is there also such a limit in the law of New York?

It would be a great support for me if someone could answer this question. If you have a question about Belgian law, please ask

Thank you very much

Kim

[student Kim]

I've heard that the theory of the "equitable estoppel" could help me.

"If the party has held himself out as the father he may be barred from raising the defense of paternity."

can someone give me some information about that?

[usa123]

First u will have to support ur case using DNA proof

[student Kim]

First u will have to support ur case using DNA proof

yes ok, but can the father ask a dna proof at any time? even when the child is already fifteen f.e. ?

[GV70]

A parent by estoppel is someone who lived with the child for at least two years or since the child=s birth and either: reasonably believed he was the biological father of the child and accepted responsibility as father of the child, found out he was not the biological father of the child (after believing he was) but continued to accept responsibilities as father of the child, or accepted responsibilities as a parent of the child pursuant to an agreement with the child=s other parent or parents. The parent by estoppel category was created in order to prevent legal parents from blocking a functional parent=s potential custodial rights on the basis of biology or legality. For the most part, parents by estoppel and legal parents are treated comparably by the ALI, though parents by estoppel may not hold the full panoply of constitutional rights that legal parents do.