Annis v. Annis

The Family Court had jurisdiction to decide the petitioner former husband’s application, as the final judgment of divorce provided for concurrent jurisdiction with the Supreme Court on the issue of maintenance (see Family Ct Act § 466 [a], [c]; Matter of Leontitsis v Leontitsis, 128 AD2d 535). The Family Court properly found that the petitioner failed to establish his entitlement to modification of the maintenance provisions of the parties’ stipulation of settlement, which was incorporated *379but not merged into their judgment of divorce. The petitioner failed to establish that continued…