John M.S. v. Bonni L.R.

Memorandum: Respondent mother appeals from an order denying her objections to an order enforcing that part of a prior support order allocating the income tax dependency exemption for the parties’ child to petitioner father pursuant to the parties’ stipulation. We agree with the mother that Family Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to enforce that part of the support order. “Family Court is a court of limited jurisdiction, [and] it cannot exercise powers beyond those granted to it by statute” (Matter of Howard v Janowski, 226 AD2d 1087,1087 [1996]; see also Kleila v Kleila, 50 NY2d 277,…