Hermans v. Hermans

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Albany County (Cheeseman, J.), entered September 30, 1987, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, for an upward modification of maintenance, and directed that a prior order of maintenance be terminated.

The parties were married in May 1965 and divorced in December 1966 pursuant to a decree which provided, inter alia, respondent pay $25 per week maintenance to petitioner. In November 1986, petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking an upward modification in maintenance. No maintenance…