The following excerpt is from Female S., Matter of, 111 Misc.2d 313, 444 N.Y.S.2d 829 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1981):
In Finlay v. Finlay, cited supra, the court stated at page 233, 148 N.E. 624: "The Chancellor in exercising his jurisdiction .... does not proceed upon the theory that the petitioner, whether father or mother, has a cause of action against the other or indeed against any one. He acts as parens patriae to do what is best for the interest of the child... Equity does not concern itself
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