Shafer v. Martin

—Rose, J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Chenango County (Sullivan, J.), entered May 11, 2000, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, for an upward modification of a prior child support order.

Soon after their marriage and the birth of their child in 1981, the parties separated with respondent moving to Florida while petitioner and the child continued to reside in New York. In 1984, Family Court ordered respondent to pay child support in the amount of $100 per month (hereinafter the 1984 order). In 1986, in a divorce action…