Legal Opinion

Macauley v. Duffy

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

Decided September 16, 2002PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*681By the operation of the parties’ judgment of divorce the children became emancipated upon obtaining full-time employment at the age of 18. The parties’ son became emancipated upon obtaining full-time employment in 1997. Therefore, no support arrears have accrued with respect to the parties’ son since the father’s obligation to pay child support ended, as a matter of law, upon the son’s emancipation. Accordingly, since the relief sought by the mother in her petition involved periods subsequent to 1997, she is not entitled to child support or arrears as to the parties’ son, and the arrears and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Matter of Dox v. TynonNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
  2. King v. KingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  3. Yeager v. YeagerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Moore v. AbbanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. Barrow v. KirkseyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  3. Matter of Pratt v. PrattAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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