A weekly summary of divorce and family law decisions issued by the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
Family Court properly dismissed custody modification proceeding where prior petition was pending for the same relief Matter of Thelot v. Patterson, 2018-04281 Appeal from an order of the Family Court which dismissed the mother’s petition to modify custody on the grounds that another petition was pending for the same relief….
Family Court erred in failing to deduct non-voluntary union dues from income for child support purposes, Family Court properly denied claim raised for first time on objections Matter of Julien v. Ware, 2018-11380 Appeal from an Order of the Family Court which denied the father’s objections to an order issued…
Unequal division of assets not supported by the record, Maintenance vacated on newly discovered evidence of $800,000 error in retirement asset value Achuthan v. Achuthan, 2016-12655; 2018-05634 The plaintiff appealed from a judgment of divorce of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Reilly, J.), dated October 21, 2016 which, inter alia,…
Father Barred from Equitable Estoppel Defense to Paternity of 17 Year Old Matter of R.-D. (Anonymous) v. P. (Anonymous), 2018-13792, 2018-13793 The Family Court dismissed the mother’s petition for paternity and application for a genetic marker test on the grounds of equitable estoppel. The mother appealed, and the Second Department…
