Legal Opinion
Crosby v. Hickey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 21, 2001PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously af*1014firmed without costs. Memorandum: Respondent contends that Family Court improperly imputed an annual income of $14,754 to her in computing child support. We disagree. The record establishes that respondent left her last employment voluntarily, after earning slightly more than $7,000 in the first five or six months of 1997.,A voluntary decision by a parent to reduce his or her income is not a change of circumstances warranting the reduction of a child support obligation (see, Matter of Diamond v Diamond, 254 AD2d 288). “Child support is determined by the parents’ ability to…
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