Knights v. Knights

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Following his conviction of a felony resulting in a prison sentence, petitioner applied to Family Court for a modification of a child support obligation fixed in a prior support order. Family Court denied petitioner’s application, concluding that it would be unfair for an individual who had freely chosen to commit a crime to be relieved from the accrual of a support obligation. The court thus decided the support order should remain in effect during the period of petitioner’s incarceration, but…