Kantrowitz v. LaRoche

Order of protection, Supreme Court, New York County (John Stackhouse, J.), entered December 4, 2002, in a matrimonial action, in favor of plaintiff and the parties’ children, and effective for a period of 13 years until the younger child reaches her majority, unanimously modified, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, to reduce the effective period to three years, terminating December 5, 2005, without prejudice to an application seeking a further extension, not to be made before September 1, 2005, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

The IAS court abused its discretion in…