In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act § 467(b), for enforcement of the alimony and child support provisions of a judgment of divorce of the Supreme Court, the ex-husband appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County, which rejected his objections to a Hearing Examiner’s order, which,…
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Court Decides if Temporary Order for Protection in Merited
Defendant and complainant are husband and wife. Immediately prior to his arrest, defendant and his wife were staying in separate cooperative apartments, each jointly owned by them, in the same apartment building in Manhattan. The larger of the two apartments was the couple’s marital home, while the smaller served as…
Court Discusses a Conversion Divorce Proceeding
In a divorce action, the plaintiff wife appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, which granted the defendant husband’s counterclaim for a conversion divorce and awarded custody of the parties’ infant children, visitation, child support and occupancy of the marital residence pursuant to the terms of a…
Court Decides Modification of Child Support Issue
In a child support modification proceedings under the Family Court Act, a wife seeks an order of the Court modifying upwards the child support provisions of a December 1973 divorce decree entered between the parties, which provisions were adopted and made part of an enforcement order entered in Court on…
Petitioner Accused of Misrepresenting Income
A proceeding was commenced pursuant to Criminal Procedure Laws and Rule (CPLR) to review a determination of the respondent Government Agency dated May 15, 1978 and made after a statutory fair hearing, which affirmed a determination of the local agency that the petitioner mother had willfully withheld information as to…
Father Appeals Child Support and Custody Order
In an action, inter alia, for awards of child custody and child support, the plaintiff father appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, dated October 25, 2007, as, in effect, granted that branch of the defendant mother’s cross motion…
Court Decides Out of State Custody Dispute
A New York Family Lawyer said on 5 October 1982, the parties were separated in a matrimonial action by a judgment of separation of the Supreme Court of Queens County. Thereafter, an amended judgment was rendered by the Supreme Court of Queens County, under a different judge, dated 17 November…
Court Decides Subject Matter Jurisdiction Issue in Custody Hearing
There are two cases before the court for determination. A New York Family Lawyer said that on or about 30 November 2009, the Family Court of New York County, upon a denial of the respondent mother’s application to dismiss the neglect petition pursuant to Family Court Act § 1051(c) and…
Petitioner Seeks Modification for Out of State Summer Visit
A New York Family Lawyer said this case involves a petition to enforce visitation filed by A, the father of his two children, a petition and order to show cause brought on by B, the mother in the Supreme Court, New York County to modify visitation and a petition and…
Petitioner Seeks Revision of Visitation Schedule
A New York Family Lawyer said that on 2 August 1999, this proceeding was commenced by the filing of an order to show cause. The petitioner is seeking a modification of a custodial visitation schedule established as a result of a stipulation of settlement subsequently incorporated but not merged into…