Legal Opinion
Maharaj-Ellis v. Laroche
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 2, 2008PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Krauss, J.), dated January 2, 2008, which denied his objections to an order of the same court (Fasone, S.M.), dated July 18, 2007, granting the mother’s petition for an upward modification of his child support obligation.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Family Court Act § 413 (1) (b) (5) (i) defines “income” as gross income reported in the most recent federal tax return, but gives the Family Court discretion to impute other sources of income to the…
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