Opinion
October 1, 1993
Appeal from the Onondaga County Family Court, Bersani, J.
Present — Callahan, J.P., Lawton, Boomer and Boehm, JJ.
Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Respondent's petition for a downward modification of child support was properly denied. Although respondent offered proof of straitened financial circumstances, Family Court properly found that his situation was caused by respondent's own conduct and his failure to secure appropriate employment. Respondent's attempt to prove that his assets were valueless was supported only by his conclusory and unsupported statements. The record demonstrates an improvident dissipation of finances by respondent, justifying the denial of his petition (see, Matter of Knights v. Knights, 71 N.Y.2d 865).