The following excerpt is from Wood v. Rocker, 100 Misc.2d 890, 420 N.Y.S.2d 330 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1979):
Also it should be emphasized that a paternity proceeding is an action for support only. It does not establish the status of the child. Commissioner of Public Welfare of the City of New York v. Koehler, 284 N.Y. 260, 267, 30 N.E.2d 587 (1940).
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