Legal Opinion
Chestara v. Chestara
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 10, 2008PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Columbia County (Czajka, J.), entered May 17, 2007, which, among other things, dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 4, to modify an order of child support.
The parties are the parents of a daughter (born in 1988). Petitioner, who was a practicing attorney, converted substantial funds from his clients resulting in disbarment (.Matter of Chestara, 244 AD2d 699 [1997]) and incarceration. After being released from jail in 1999, he allegedly had little contact with his daughter and eventually stipulated to…
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