Legal Opinion

Piernick v. Nazinitsky

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 19, 2008PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In a child support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Singer, J.), dated February 28, 2007, which denied his objections to an order of the same court (Cahn, S.M.), dated December 18, 2006, which, after a hearing, denied his petition for a downward modification of his child support obligation.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

A party seeking downward modification of a support obligation has the burden of showing a change in circumstances and that he used his best efforts to obtain employment…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Beard v. BeardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  2. Yepes v. FicheraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  3. Muselevichus v. MuselevichusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  4. Meyer v. MeyerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  5. Diamond v. DiamondAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Rodriguez v. Mendoza-GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  2. Aranova v. AranovAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  3. Perrego v. PerregoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  4. Karagiannis v. KaragiannisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. Awwad v. AwwadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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