Legal Opinion

Papenhausen v. Sudbrink

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 19, 2012Published

1Opinion of the Court

The substantial increase in the father’s income, plus the mother’s evidence of specific increased expenses, warranted an upward modification of the father’s child support obligation (see Matter of Ryan v Levine, 80 AD3d 767 [2011]). The Support Magistrate properly calculated the father’s child support obligation, using the income reported on his most recent tax return (see Domestic Relations Law § 240 [1-b] [b] [5]; Hughes v Hughes, 79 AD3d 473, 475 [2010]; Matter of Krukenkamp v *1021Krukenkamp, 54 AD3d 345, 346 [2008]). The father’s remaining contentions are without merit.

Accordingly, the Family…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hughes v. HughesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. Krukenkamp v. KrukenkampAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  3. Ryan v. LevineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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