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Macchio v. Macchio

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 17, 1998
247 A.D.2d 539 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

February 17, 1998

Appeal from the Family Court, Nassau County (Diamond, J.).


Ordered that the appeal from the order dated June 26, 1996, is dismissed, as that order was superseded by the order dated September 9, 1996, made on reargument; and it is further,

Ordered that the order dated September 9, 1996, is affirmed insofar as appealed from; and it is further,

Ordered that the respondent is awarded one bill of costs.

The mother in this case made a sufficient showing: of a change of circumstances and that the child's needs were not being met by her own income and the support she received from the appellant father so as to warrant an increase in child support ( see, Matter of Brescia v. Fitts, 56 N.Y.2d 132). Furthermore, the Hearing Examiner's findings articulate the basis for the decision not to limit the application of the statutory formula of the Child Support Standards Act to the first $80,000 of the father's income, and to apply that formula to the total of his income, and reflect a careful-consideration of the parties' circumstances ( see, Family Ct Act § 413 [c]; Matter of Cassano v. Cassano, 85 N.Y.2d 649, 655; Manno v. Manno, 224 A.D.2d 395). The ultimate increase in the amount of child support awarded was neither unjust nor inappropriate ( see, Family Ct Act § 413 [ l]).

The father's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit.

Joy, J. P., Krausman, Goldstein and Luciano, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Macchio v. Macchio

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 17, 1998
247 A.D.2d 539 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Macchio v. Macchio

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of MADELINE LO MACCHIO, Respondent, v. ROBERT LO MACCHIO…

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

Date published: Feb 17, 1998

Citations

247 A.D.2d 539 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
669 N.Y.S.2d 308

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