N.Y. Family Court Act § 523: Petition

§ 523. Petition. Proceedings are commenced by the filing of a verified

petition, alleging that the person named as respondent, or the

petitioner if the petitioner is a person alleging to be the child's

father, is the father of the child and petitioning the court to issue a

summons or a warrant, requiring the respondent to show cause why the

court should not enter a declaration of paternity, an order of support,

and such other and further relief as may be appropriate under the

circumstances. The petition shall be in writing and verified by the

petitioner. Any such petition for the establishment of paternity or the

establishment, modification and/or enforcement of a child support

obligation for persons not in receipt of family assistance, which

contains a request for child support enforcement services completed in a

manner as specified in section one hundred eleven-g of the social

services law, shall constitute an application for such services.