Evans v. Evans
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Since the plaintiff presented insufficient and incredible evidence to establish his income, the Supreme Court properly awarded child support based on the needs of the child (see Domestic Relations Law § 240 [1-b] [k]; Amsellem v Amsellem, 15 AD3d 510, 510-511 [2005]). Additionally, the Supreme Court properly directed that this award was to be retroactive to the date of the initial pleadings (see Amsellem v Amsellem, 15 AD3d at 511; see also Nolfo v Nolfo, 188 AD2d 451, 453 [1992]).
The trial court has great flexibility in fashioning an equitable distribution of marital assets (see Smulczeski v…
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