Crane v. Crane

Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs, and matter remitted to Su*934preme Court, Oneida County, for a hearing, in accordance with the following memorandum: The court erred in denying defendant’s application for a modification of a 1976 judgment of divorce without a hearing on his claim of a substantial change in plaintiff’s financial circumstances. Defendant, by his affidavit, made the requisite showing of a possible change of circumstances (see, Levinson v Levinson, 97 AD2d 458, 460; Matter of Hazell v Hazell, 66 AD2d 986, lv dismissed 46 NY2d 710; Hickland…