Pettinato v. Pettinato

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a mother who, by her conduct, had acknowledged a person to be the child's parent, was equitably estopped from challenging \the status which he or she has previously accepted [or created]\
• holding that a mother who, by her conduct, had acknowledged a person to be the child’s parent, was equitably estopped from challenging “the status which he or she has previously accepted [or created]”
• holding that a mother who, by her conduct, had acknowledged a person to be the child’s parent, was equitably estopped from challenging “the status which he or she has previously accepted [or created]”
• outlining the factors a court must consider in weighing the best interests of a child
• awarding custody of a minor child born out of wedlock to the biological mother's estranged husband on the basis of the child's best interests despite the fact that the husband was not the child's biological father
• awarding custody of a minor child born out of wedlock to the biological mother’s estranged husband on the basis of the child’s best interests despite the fact that the husband was not the child’s biological father

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).