Legal Opinion

Smith v. Graves

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

Decided May 5, 2003PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Freeman, J.), entered December 17, 2001, as denied his petition to suspend his child support obligation.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Contrary to the father’s contentions, he failed to establish that the mother deliberately frustrated or actively interfered with his visitation rights (see Matter of Clum v Seksinsky, 263 AD2d 507, 508 [1999]; Matter of Vanderhoff v Vanderhoff, 207 AD2d 494,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Resnick v. ZoldanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  2. Weinreich v. WeinreichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. Vanderhoff v. VanderhoffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  4. Clum v. SeksinskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ledgin v. LedginAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  2. Rivera v. EchavarriaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  3. Thompson v. ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  4. Jones v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  5. Jones v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

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