Monmouth County Div. of Soc. Servs. ex rel. Hall v. P.A.Q

In Monmouth County Div. of Soc. Servs. ex rel. Hall v. P.A.Q., 317 N.J. Super. 187, 721 A.2d 738 (App.Div.1998), certif. den., 160 N.J. 90, 733 A.2d 495 (1999), a default paternity judgment and support order was entered against the defendant based upon proofs that were later found to be insufficient to establish paternity. There was no indication in the record that the defendant had ever sought to establish a parent-child relationship with the child in question. To the contrary, the defendant testified that the mother had told him that she had only named him as the child's father because the man with whom she had been living left her and the defendant was the "closest person to her." Id at 192, 721 A.2d 738.