Merz v. Niwa

In two related child support proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals from (1) an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Lynaugh, S.M.), dated December 20, 2011, which, after a hearing, dismissed his petition dated July 6, 2011, for a downward modification of his child support obligation, vacated a temporary order of support dated September 14, 2011, nunc pro tunc, and reinstated the child support provisions of a prior order of the same court (Boggio, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated September 17, 2007, and (2) an order of the same court (Genchi, J.), dated June 26,…