Opinion
October 6, 1997
Appeal from the Family Court, Suffolk County (Dunn, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs. Domestic Relations Law § 240 (1-b) (c) (7) allows the court to award educational expenses where it determines, "having regard for the circumstances of the case and of the respective parties and in the best interests of the child, and as justice requires, that * * * private * * * education for the child is appropriate" (Domestic Relations Law § 240 [1-b] [c] [7]; see also, Matter of Ramos v. Ramos, 238 A.D.2d 427).
The Family Court considered these factors before directing the father to pay one-half of his daughter's unreimbursed private college expenses. Accordingly, the Family Court's determination to sustain the mother's objection was not an improvident exercise of discretion ( see, Matter of McLoughlin v. McLoughlin, 213 A.D.2d 650; cf., Matter of Cassano v. Cassano, 203 A.D.2d 563, affd 85 N.Y.2d 649).
Bracken, J.P., Copertino, Sullivan and McGinity, JJ., concur.