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Matter of Graves v. Smith

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 13, 1995
213 A.D.2d 482 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)

Opinion

March 13, 1995

Appeal from the Family Court, Kings County (Pearce, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the father's contention, the court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying his petition for a downward modification of his child support obligations since the reversal in his financial condition was brought about by his own actions (see, Matter of Doscher v. Doscher, 80 A.D.2d 945, affd 54 N.Y.2d 655; Hickland v. Hickland, 39 N.Y.2d 1, cert denied 429 U.S. 941; Matter of Knights v. Knights, 71 N.Y.2d 865). Balletta, J.P., Thompson, Santucci, Altman and Hart, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Graves v. Smith

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 13, 1995
213 A.D.2d 482 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
Case details for

Matter of Graves v. Smith

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of VALERIE GRAVES, Respondent, v. CHARLES SMITH, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 13, 1995

Citations

213 A.D.2d 482 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
624 N.Y.S.2d 893

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