A divorced man who paid child support for 13 years before learning that he was not the child's biological father still must continue to make support payments, a Queens Supreme Court justice has ruled. Dismissing Joseph Ocasio's application to terminate child support as "no more or less than an economic consideration," Justice Phyllis Orlikoff Flug declared that the paramount concern in such a case must be the best interests of the child.
September 03, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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A divorced man who paid childsupport for 13 years before learning that he was not the child’s biologicalfather still must continue to make support payments, a Queens Supreme Courtjustice has ruled.
Dismissing Joseph Ocasio’sapplication to terminate child support as “no more or less than an economicconsideration,” Justice Phyllis Orlikoff Flug declared that the paramountconcern in such a case must be the best interests of the child.
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