Legal Opinion
MATTER OF CASSANO v. Cassano
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 9, 1995PublishedCited by 312 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
The focus of this appeal is the Child Support Standards Act (Family Ct Act § 413; Domestic Relations Law § 240), which includes a numeric formula for calculating the award of child support, prescribing criteria as to combined parental income under $80,000 and criteria as to income above that amount. We are asked to review an award determined by application of the statutory formula to combined parental income exceeding $80,000. We conclude that the award was proper and affirm the Appellate Division order so holding.
The parties here were divorced in 1986,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Chasin v. ChasinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Harmon v. HarmonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Colley v. ColleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Chirls v. ChirlsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- De Bernardo v. De BernardoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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3Cited by312 opinions
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