Goldberg v. Goldberg

Petitioner’s motion to dismiss respondent’s cross application for a downward modification of support provisions contained in a separation agreement and subsequently incorporated in a Mexican divorce decree on grounds of lack of jurisdiction is denied.

If petitioner’s arguments prevail, the recent decision of the Court of Appeals in Matter of Seitz v. Drogheo (21 N Y 2d 181) upholding the constitutionality of subdivision (c) of section 466 of the Family 'Court Act would become a nullity.

Petitioner maintains that there is a significant and fundamental distinction between enforcement and…