Masten v. Masten
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4 for upward modification of the father’s child support obligations, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Richmond County (Cognetta, J.), dated April 21, 1988, which, after a hearing, granted the petition.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
As we have recently noted, "[t]he Family Court has discretion to increase child support in cases where a petitioner can show a change in circumstances which warrants the modification in the best interest of the child” (Matter of Bruhn v McCready, 138 AD2d 374, 376).…
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