Bouvier v. Whitbeck

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Schoharie County (Lalor, J.), entered December 28, 1994, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, for, inter alia, an upward modification of child support payments.

The parties were divorced in 1979. In the same year, Family Court awarded petitioner custody of the parties’ daughter, René Whitbeck (born in 1973), and fixed respondent’s support obligation at $40 per week. By order entered in February 1982, Family Court established support arrears at $1,240, which respondent was directed to satisfy…