Legal Opinion
Maurer v. Maurer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 2, 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Family Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the mother’s petition for child support. The Family Court properly determined each party’s pro rata share of child support based on income below $80,000 (see Family Ct Act § 413 [1] [c]), declining to calculate the child support obligation based on the combined parental income in excess of $80,000, since the basic child support obligation derived by application of the statutory formula would not be unjust or inappropriate (see Family Ct Act § 413 [1] [f], [g]; Matter of Cassano v Cassano, 85 NY2d 649 [1995]; Matter of Awwad v…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- MATTER OF CASSANO v. CassanoNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Holliday v. HollidayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- McLoughlin v. McLoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Donato v. DonatoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Awwad v. AwwadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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