Bentaleb v. Mezoui

OPINION OF THE COURT

Harold Baer, Jr., J.

This motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint (CPLR 3213) is decided as follows:

The parties were divorced pursuant to a 1983 judgment of divorce rendered in the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. The judgment included an award of child support.

In 1982, the Family Court, upon agreement of the parties, entered an order of support requiring payment of child support in the sum of $500 per month. Here a Hearing Examiner took sworn testimony; both parties were present with their attorneys; both agreed to the recommendations of the Hearing…