Case Name: In the Matter of the Commissioner of Social Services of the County of Erie, on Behalf of Kathleen A. Lange, Appellant, v. Joel Crowden, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1990-10-05
Citations: 166 A.D.2d 888
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Commissioner of Social Services of the County of Erie, on Behalf of Kathleen A. Lange, Appellant, v Joel Crowden, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 166
Pages: 888–889

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Commissioner of Social Services of the County of Erie, on Behalf of Kathleen A. Lange, Appellant, v Joel Crowden, Respondent.

Opinion:
Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: This was the fourth proceeding commenced by petitioner against respondent for a declaration of paternity and ancillary relief. The first petition, filed in 1978, was dismissed following a pretrial conference, and an appeal from the Family Court order was dismissed for failure to prosecute. A second petition, commenced while the first proceeding was pending appeal, was summarily dismissed without prejudice. A third petition, filed subsequent to dismissal of the first appeal in 1979, also was dismissed without a hearing, and an appeal from an order in that proceeding was abandoned. Petitioner's failure to perfect the prior appeals in a timely fashion bars relitigation of all issues that could have been decided on the prior appeals (see, Marcello v Marcello, 92 AD2d 687, lv dismissed 59 NY2d 761; Pigott Constr. Intl. v Contractors Ornamental Steel Co., 75 AD2d 988; see also, Bray v Cox, 38 NY2d 350; 5 Weinstein-Korn-Miller, NY Civ Prac ¶ 5011.11, at 50-110). Accordingly, Family Court did not err in summarily dismissing the subject petition. (Appeal from order