Holbrook v. Cummings

(Ret., specially assigned).

On April 7, 1986, the New York Supreme Court entered a judgment of absolute divorce dissolving the marriage between appellant Thomas Holbrook and appellee Susan Cummings. The New York Order directed Mr. Holbrook to pay child support in the amount of $250 per week effective April 7, 1986 for the couple’s only child, Tanner, who was born on October 11, 1980. The Order did not specify a date on which Mr. Holbrook’s obligation to pay child support would end, although under New York law, the obligation to pay child support terminates when a child reaches the age of…