Canfield v. Canfield

Cross appeals from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered February 5, 1976 in Rensselaer County, which modified a prior decree of divorce by increasing the award for child support, abolishing provisions for alimony, and awarding respondent wife counsel fees. An amended separation agreement was incorporated, but not merged, in a subsequent decree of divorce and petitioner was paying his former wife the sum of $50 per week for the support of the child of their marriage and $60 per week alimony. Based on his allegation of a change in circumstances, Special Term directed the…