Halpern v. Klebanow

Order of the former Domestic Relations Court of the City of New York, entered on June 28, 1962, directing respondent-appellant to pay certain sums for the support of three children, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and the petition dismissed. Under section 92 of the Domestic Relations Court Act (which has since Sept. 1, 1962 been superseded by the Family Court Act) the Family Court had the power to order support for a child — irrespective of whether he was likely to become a public charge — “ as justice requires having due regard to the circumstances of the…