Ritchey v. Ritchey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*949A party seeking to modify a child support provision contained in a stipulation of settlement that has been incorporated but not merged into a judgment of divorce must demonstrate a substantial “unanticipated[ ] and unreasonable change in circumstances” (Klein v Klein, 74 AD3d 753 [2010]; see Schlakman v Schlakman, 38 AD3d 640 [2007]; Praeger v Praeger, 162 AD2d 671 [1990]; Epel v Epel, 139 AD2d 488, 488 [1988]). “Absent a prima facie demonstration of entitlement to a downward modification, the party seeking modification has no right to a hearing” (Lewis v Lewis, 43 AD3d 462, 463 [2007];…
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