Rivera v. Rivera

Order, Family Court, New York County, entered August 14, 1973, increasing the amount of support required to be paid by respondent from $15 a week to $25 a week, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs and without disbursements, and the cause remanded for a new hearing. The informality surrounding this proceeding, from inception to conclusion, was tantamount to a denial of due process. The notice advising respondent of the instant application for an “ upward modification ” of a previously granted support order omitted the basis for such request; at the hearing colloquy was substituted…