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- Title: Matter Altagracia Bido v. Benedicto Albizu
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 25, 1971
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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In this case appellant, who was unrepresented by counsel, affirmatively indicated his desire to testify. In such instance the trial court's failure to advise him of his statutory right (Family Ct. Act, § 531) to refuse to testify did not constitute reversible error (cf. Matter of Dean v. Young, 31 A.D.2d 630; Matter of Howard v. Robinson, 32 A.D.2d 837). A filiation proceeding is essentially civil in nature (see Matter of Clausi, 296 N. Y. 354; People v. Arcieri, 8 A.D.2d 923; Scruton v. Dziewisz, 284 App. Div. 276; Hodson v. Hoff, 266 App. Div. 228) and hence the court was not under an obligation to advise appellant of his right to counsel or to assign counsel to him. Disposition Order affirmed, without costs.