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Portnof v. Portnof

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 17, 1992
188 A.D.2d 411 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

December 17, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.).


The court did not abuse its discretion in awarding defendant temporary custody without an evidentiary hearing (see, Meltzer v Meltzer, 38 A.D.2d 522), and a temporary award of maintenance and child support should be modified only in the rare instance when the payor clearly cannot afford the payments ordered or justice otherwise requires (see, Goldberger v Goldberger, 159 A.D.2d 923; Merrick v Merrick, 172 A.D.2d 317, 318). Any claimed inequities in the award can best be resolved by a speedy trial (Chyrywaty v Chyrywaty, 102 A.D.2d 1009).

Concur — Milonas, J.P., Ellerin, Kupferman, Ross and Rubin, JJ.


Summaries of

Portnof v. Portnof

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 17, 1992
188 A.D.2d 411 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

Portnof v. Portnof

Case Details

Full title:PAUL PORTNOF, Appellant, v. MICHELE PORTNOF, Respondent

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

Date published: Dec 17, 1992

Citations

188 A.D.2d 411 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

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