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In Deacutis v Cuomo (79 A.D.2d 595), we held precisely such a showing insufficient to warrant an increase in support (see, also, Matter of Boden v Boden, 42 N.Y.2d 210). Petitioner also alleged overreaching by Fitts in the course of the negotiation and execution of the separation agreement.
Summary of this case from Matter of Brescia v. FittsOpinion
December 1, 1980
In a support proceeding pursuant to article 4 of the Family Court Act, the father appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Westchester County, dated February 4, 1980, as granted the petitioner an upward modification of the child support provided in the parties' separation agreement. Order reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the petition for increased support is dismissed. Neither a significant increase in the supporting spouse's income, nor the generalized claim that the children's needs have increased as they have matured and/or because of inflation, warrants an upward modification of the support fixed in a separation agreement (see Matter of Gould v Hannan, 44 N.Y.2d 932; Matter of Boyce v. Gumbiner, 68 A.D.2d 862; cf. Matter of Covington v. Clavin, 70 A.D.2d 592). Petitioner may not be heard to complain that the increase in the cost of certain items of support was unanticipated at the time that the parties' separation agreement was executed (see Matter of Klein v Sheppard, 52 A.D.2d 532 [wherein the agreement provided for increases based on the consumer price index]). Damiani, J.P., Gibbons, Gulotta and Weinstein, JJ., concur.