Weber v. Weber
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Mikoll, J. P.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Essex County (Garvey, J.), entered November 16, 1989, which, inter alia, partially granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, to modify a prior judgment awarding child support.
Petitioner’s argument that Family Court did not have jurisdiction to entertain this proceeding is without merit. Where, as here, a judgment of Supreme Court providing for child support exists and Supreme Court has not retained exclusive jurisdiction to enforce or modify it, Family Court may entertain a proceeding to…
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