Here, the Family Court’s determination was supported by a sound and substantial basis in the record. Based on the evidence adduced at the hearing, the court properly found that a change in circumstances in the intervening five years warranted modification of the existing visitation schedule. The Family Court properly determined that expanded visitation with the …
The mother appealed from an order of the Supreme Court which granted her motion to modify the judgment of divorce to direct the father to contribute toward the subject child’s college expenses only to the extent of directing him to pay 20% of those expenses, up to an amount equivalent to that charged by SUNY …
The mother appealed from an amended order of the Family court, which, after a hearing, awarded the parties joint legal custody of the subject child, and the father cross-appealed, from the same amended order, which awarded the mother sole physical custody of the subject child. Upon reviewing the record, the Appellate Division found that the …
The Plaintiff failed to seek appropriate relief by application to the court for a modification of child support payments, and instead reduced the amount of support payments unilaterally. “when child support has been ordered for more than one child, the emancipation of the oldest child does not automatically reduce the amount of support owed under …
Contrary to the contention of the father, the mother established by a preponderance of the evidence that relocation to New Jersey was in the best interests of the parties’ child. Here, the mother demonstrated that she was not able to meet her living expenses while residing in Queens, and the father conceded that he did …
Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Mary E. Bednar, J.), entered on or about December 2, 2011, which adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent upon a fact-finding determination that he committed an act that, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree, and placed him on …