Opinion
Submitted February 17, 2000
March 30, 2000
In a child support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Hepner, J.), dated December 18, 1998, which denied his objections to an order of the same court (LaFreniere, H.E.), dated September 4, 1998, denying his application to suspend his child support obligation and granting the mother's petition to enforce a prior order of support.
S. Jean Smith, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.
FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., DANIEL W. JOY, WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Family Court properly rejected the father `s claim that because of, inter alia, his prolonged unemployment, he was entitled to a suspension of his child support obligation. The father failed to present any competent evidence to support his claim that he had used his best efforts to obtain employment commensurate with his qualifications and experience (see, Matter of Dallin v. Dallin, 250 A.D.2d 847 ; Matter of Heverin v. Sackel, 239 A.D.2d 418 ; Matter of Yepes v. Fichera, 230 A.D.2d 803 ).
The father's remaining contentions lack merit.
SANTUCCI, J.P., JOY, THOMPSON, and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.