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Matter of Burzynski v. Vallese

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Mar 17, 1995
213 A.D.2d 1047 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)

Opinion

March 17, 1995

Appeal from the Erie County Family Court, O'Donnell, J.

Present — Green, J.P., Wesley, Callahan, Doerr and Davis, JJ.


Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Because he supports two stepchildren and two children from his subsequent marriage, respondent sought a variance from the Child Support Standards Act guidelines. Family Court properly denied his petition. Having stipulated to the sufficiency of the financial information submitted to the Hearing Examiner, respondent cannot now contend that the Hearing Examiner improperly failed to consider debts that respondent did not list. Inasmuch as respondent did not contest the reasonableness of the amounts of attorney's fees requested by petitioner, the court properly exercised its discretion in awarding petitioner attorney's fees based upon her attorney's affidavits and the financial circumstances of the parties as submitted by them to the Hearing Examiner (cf., Matter of Tripi v. Faiello, 195 A.D.2d 958, 958-959, lv dismissed 82 N.Y.2d 803; Cooper v. Cooper, 179 A.D.2d 1035).


Summaries of

Matter of Burzynski v. Vallese

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Mar 17, 1995
213 A.D.2d 1047 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
Case details for

Matter of Burzynski v. Vallese

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of PATRICIA BURZYNSKI, Respondent, v. CHRISTOPHER VALLESE…

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

Date published: Mar 17, 1995

Citations

213 A.D.2d 1047 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
625 N.Y.S.2d 960

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