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Matter of Caputi v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 20, 2001
286 A.D.2d 438 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

Submitted June 26, 2001.

August 20, 2001.

In a child support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Putnam County (Miller, J.), dated June 28, 2000, as denied his objection to that portion of an order of the same court (Miklitsch, H.E.), dated April 7, 2000, which, after a hearing, granted the petitioner's application for an upward modification of child support to the extent of directing him to pay $173.65 per week for the child's college expenses in addition to his basic child support obligation of $68.08 per week.

Curtiss, Leibell Shilling, P.C., Carmel, N.Y. (Craig T. Bumgarner of counsel), for appellant.

Anthony G. Maccarini, Carmel, N.Y., for respondent.

Before: David S. Ritter, J.P., Gabriel M. Krausman, Daniel F. Luciano, Howard Miller, JJ.


ORDERED that the order is modified by deleting the provision thereof denying the father's objection to so much of the order dated April 7, 2000, as directed him to pay $173.65 per week for the child's college expenses in addition to his basic child support obligation of $68.08 per week, and substituting therefor a provision granting that objection to the extent of directing the father to pay a total of $173.65 per week for basic child support and college expenses; as so modified, the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The Family Court providently exercised its discretion in directing the father to contribute to the child's college expenses (see, Domestic Relations Law 240[1-b][c][7]). However, the father established that in light of his basic child support obligation and other expenses, which the petitioner did not dispute, he could not afford to contribute to the child's college expenses in the amount directed by the Hearing Examiner (see, Frei v. Pearson, 244 A.D.2d 454). Thus, the father is directed to pay a total of $173.65 per week for child support and college expenses (see, Reinsch v. Reinsch, 226 A.D.2d 615; Paro v. Paro, 215 A.D.2d 965).

The father's remaining contentions are without merit.


Summaries of

Matter of Caputi v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 20, 2001
286 A.D.2d 438 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

Matter of Caputi v. Williams

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF JERRY CAPUTI, RESPONDENT, v. RICHARD WILLIAMS, APPELLANT

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

Date published: Aug 20, 2001

Citations

286 A.D.2d 438 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
729 N.Y.S.2d 893

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