The following excerpt is from Millson v. Manfredo, 128 Misc.2d 546, 490 N.Y.S.2d 446 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1985):
In authorizing the imposition of different time limitations for petitioner-mothers than for petitioner-fathers, the statute provides different treatment on the basis of gender and establishes a classification subject to scrutiny under the equal protection clause. Orr v. Orr, 440 U.S. 268, 99 S.Ct. 1102, 59 L.Ed.2d 306.
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