Legal Opinion
Sievers v. Estelle
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 18, 1995PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Casey, J.
To resolve a custody dispute between the parties which arose when petitioner failed to return their son to respondent at the end of a visitation period, respondent agreed to the transfer of physical custody of the child to petitioner and petitioner agreed to waive child support from respondent. The agreement was approved by Family Court. Less than a year later, petitioner sought child support from respondent, claiming, inter alia, that her agreement to waive child support was void as against public policy. Family Court avoided the public policy issue by construing…
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