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In the Matter of Zhigina v. Adzhiashvili

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 25, 2002
292 A.D.2d 625 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

2000-07665

Submitted March 7, 2002.

March 25, 2002.

In a child support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Salinitro, J.), dated July 27, 2000, which denied his objections to an order of the same court (Borofsky, H.E.), dated October 14, 1999, which, inter alia, directed that he pay child support in the amount of $261.54 per week.

Yakov Adzhiashvili, Rego Park, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Karasik Einbinder, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Sheldon Karasik of counsel), for respondent.

Before: MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, J.P., ANITA R. FLORIO, HOWARD MILLER, and BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.


ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Family Court properly found that the father failed to adequately disclose his income and assets, and imputed income to him of $80,000 per year (see Family Ct Act § 413[k]). Where, as here, a party's account of his or her income and assets is not believable, the court is justified in finding a true or potential income higher than that claimed (see Thomas v. DeFalco, 270 A.D.2d 277; Brown v. Brown, 239 A.D.2d 535). The imputation of $80,000 per year of income to the father is reasonable and supported by the record.

While it is well settled that a court may determine child support on the basis of a party's earning potential (see Petek v. Petek, 239 A.D.2d 327, 328), there is nothing in the record to rebut the mother's contention that she is a stay-at-home mother who has no earnings. Thus, the Family Court properly calculated support based on the mother having an income of zero.

The father's remaining contentions are without merit.

ALTMAN, J.P., FLORIO, H. MILLER and COZIER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

In the Matter of Zhigina v. Adzhiashvili

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 25, 2002
292 A.D.2d 625 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

In the Matter of Zhigina v. Adzhiashvili

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF YELENA ZHIGINA, respondent, v. YAKOV ADZHIASHVILI…

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

Date published: Mar 25, 2002

Citations

292 A.D.2d 625 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
739 N.Y.S.2d 607

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