Legal Opinion
Wiesenfeld v. New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 9, 1979No. 79 Civ. 0106PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Leora Wiesenfeld (“Leora”), is the second wife of Kalman Wiesenfeld (“Kalman”), and Jennifer, the co-plaintiff, is their infant child. They challenge the constitutionality of New York Family Court proceedings in which a support order against their husband and father was increased in favor of the child of his former marriage.
An order of the Family Court of the State of New York obligated Kalman to pay the sum of $35 per week for the support of the child of his first marriage. This award was increased to $60 per week on May 28,1976, by which…
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