Legal Opinion
Maule v. Kaufman
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 18, 1973PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBreitel, J.
Plaintiff sues to recover arrears of child support payments due under a 1951 Florida divorce decree from her former husband and father of the child. The principal issue is whether plaintiff, who, with her second husband, supplied the child’s needs for seven years until majority, waived the support claim against defendant. Alternatively, defendant contends that tuition payments made by his mother, the child’s grandmother, to the child’s college substituted for and satisfied his support obligations.
Trial Term, sitting without a jury, awarded plaintiff $12,775 representing amounts accruing from…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Swanton v. CurleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Smith v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- Rybinski v. RybinskiMichigan Supreme Court · 1952
- Silkworth v. SilkworthAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
- Pollock v. PollockNew York Supreme Court · 1961
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Matter of Dox v. TynonNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- State Division of Human Rights v. New York State Department of Correctional ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Young v. WilliamsAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
- Peck v. PeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- O' Connor v. CurcioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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