Legal Opinion

Matter of Andrzejczyk v. Kotowski

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 31, 2014No. 2014-03361PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Bernard Cheng, J.), dated February 24, 2014. The order denied the father’s objections to a prior order (Aletha Fields, S.M.) which, after a hearing, set his basic child support obligation at $2,900 per month.

Ordered that the order dated February 24, 2014, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Deference should be given to the credibility determination of the Support Magistrate, who is in the best position to assess the credibility of the witnesses (see Matter of Tsarova v Tsarov, 59 AD3d 632 [2009]; Matter of Musarra v Musarra, 28…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Musarra v. MusarraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  2. Feng Lucy Luo v. YangAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. Svitlana Volodymyrivna Tsarova v. Mikhailo Viktorovych TsarovAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  4. Thompson v. ColemanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  5. Denham v. KaplanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Matter of Bayon v. CastonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  2. Matter of Freese v. CasazzaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016

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