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Matter of Spiegel v. Smith

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 21, 1995
212 A.D.2d 717 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)

Opinion

February 21, 1995

Appeal from the Family Court, Westchester County (Cooney, J., Hochberg, H.E.).


Ordered that the order entered July 7, 1993, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Pursuant to an agreement between the parties, an order of the Family Court, Westchester County, dated April 11, 1991, provided that the father would have sole custody of the parties' daughter and would be fully responsible for her support. Approximately one year later, the father commenced this proceeding seeking child support from the mother, who had previously transferred her interest in certain real property to the father in consideration for his agreement to support their daughter.

The Family Court properly concluded that the father failed to demonstrate either an unanticipated and unreasonable change of circumstances (see, Matter of Boden v. Boden, 42 N.Y.2d 210) or that the child's needs could not be adequately met without support from the mother (see, Matter of Brescia v. Fitts, 56 N.Y.2d 132; Matter of Michaels v. Michaels, 56 N.Y.2d 924 ; Matter of Panic v. Hert, 200 A.D.2d 748). Consequently, he was not entitled to a new order of support.

The father's contention that the objections to the order of the Hearing Examiner were not timely filed with the Family Court is raised for the first time on appeal and, therefore, is not preserved for appellate review (see, Matter of Joan Marie D. v Harold G., 155 A.D.2d 457; Block v. Magee, 146 A.D.2d 730). In any event, the order of the Family Court indicates that the objections were timely filed and there is no proof to the contrary. Mangano, P.J., Bracken, Altman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Spiegel v. Smith

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 21, 1995
212 A.D.2d 717 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
Case details for

Matter of Spiegel v. Smith

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of CHARLES J. SPIEGEL, JR., Appellant, v. RACHEL L. SMITH…

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

Date published: Feb 21, 1995

Citations

212 A.D.2d 717 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
623 N.Y.S.2d 149

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