Opinion
Submitted March 19, 2001
April 5, 2001.
In a child support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (McElligott, J.), entered January 19, 2000, which denied her objections to an order of the same court (Lynaugh, H.E.), entered July 7, 1999, which, after a hearing, inter alia, granted the respondent's motion for a downward modification of his child support obligation.
Lewis A. Silverman, Huntington, N.Y., for appellant.
Fass Kimack, LLP, Garden City, N.Y. (Robin W. Levine of counsel), for respondent.
Before: MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, J.P., GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, LEO F. McGINITY, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the petitioner's contention, the Hearing Examiner providently exercised her discretion in determining that the respondent was entitled to a downward modification of his child support obligation (see, Adinolfi v. Adinolfi, 242 A.D.2d 311; Stempler v. Stempler, 200 A.D.2d 733; Matter of King v. King, 193 A.D.2d 800). The evidence demonstrated an unanticipated and substantial change in the respondent's circumstances after the determination of the child support obligation in 1996.
The petitioner's remaining contentions are without merit.