Fleischer v. Fleischer

Decision Date08 July 1965
Citation24 A.D.2d 667,261 N.Y.S.2d 165
PartiesIn the Matter of Constance FLEISCHER, Appellant, v. Roy FLEISCHER, Respondent.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Rosen & Rosen, Monticello, for appellant (Robert M. Rosen, Monticello, of counsel).

Oppenheim & Oppenheim, Monticello, for respondent.

Before GIBSON, P. J., and TAYLOR, REYNOLDS, AULISI and HAMM, JJ.

TAYLOR, Justice.

The parties hereto, then residents of this State, were married herein in 1950. Thereafter they moved to and established their residence in the State of Florida where the marriage was dissolved in 1961 by a final decree of divorce in favor of appellant. There are two children of the marriage, aged 5 and 11 years, custody of whom was granted to her by the final decree which also directed respondent to pay the weekly sum of $80 as and for alimony and their support. Defaults in the required payments occurred and resulted in the entry of judgments in Florida for the arrearages. Actions instituted thereon in this State, to which respondent meanwhile had returned and remarried, culminated in judgments here pursuant to which garnishments were levied.

In June, 1963 a proceeding was instituted by appellant in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Dade County, Florida, pursuant to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Law of that State (F.S.A. § 88.011 et seq.) which, by order of the initiating court, was referred to the Family Court of Sullivan County where, following a hearing, an order was entered directing respondent to pay the sum of $30 per week for the support of the children and further providing that any sums thereafter received by appellant as the result of the lodging of additional garnishees should be credited against the award made.

We are presuaded that, having due regard for the circumstances of the parties, justice requires that the award for the support of the defendant minor children be increased to the sum of $40 per week. (Domestic Relations Law, §§ 32, 34, subd. 2; § 37, subd. 11.) The conditions attached by the Family Court to its order of support seem to us not to have been unreasonable.

The decree of the foreign State which terminated the marital relationship of the parties is not questioned. Since our statute imposes liability on a husband only for the support of his wife, the court did not err in failing to grant support to the petitioning former wife. (Domestic Relations Law, § 32, subd. 1; Family Court Act,...

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  • Martin v. Martin
    • United States
    • New York Family Court
    • 18 Diciembre 1968
    ...§ 32, subd. 1) has been held to exclude any liability of a divorced husband for the support of his former wife (Matter of Fleischer v. Fleischer, 24 A.D.2d 667, 261 N.Y.S.2d 165; Ross v. Ross, 206 Misc. 1073, 136 N.Y.S.2d However, both Matter of Fleischer v. Fleischer, and Ross v. Ross, sup......
  • Carle v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue
    • United States
    • U.S. Tax Court
    • 22 Abril 1970
    ...the designation of dependents for whom the Children's Court has jurisdiction to secure or grant support. Fleischer v. Fleischer, 24 App.Div.2d 667, 261 N.Y.S.2d 165 (Sup. Ct. 1965); and Ross v. Ross, 206 Misc. 1073, 136 N.Y.S.2d 23 (Child Ct. 1954). An order for support of ‘a wife’ is alway......
  • Proceeding for Support under Uniform Support of Dependents Law, Matter of
    • United States
    • New York Family Court
    • 16 Mayo 1978
    ...New York rather than California law (Ross v. Ross, supra, 206 Misc. p. 1076, 136 N.Y.S.2d 23)." Similarly, in Matter of Fleischer v. Fleischer, 24 A.D.2d 667, 261 N.Y.S.2d 165, a support proceeding commenced by a Florida resident against a New York respondent, New York law was applied in de......
  • Brown v. Brown
    • United States
    • New York Family Court
    • 10 Febrero 1969
    ...upon the ground that their marriage has been terminated by divorce (Domestic Relations Law § 32, subd. 1; Matter of Fleischer v. Fleischer, 24 A.D.2d 667, 261 N.Y.S.2d 165; Ross v. Ross, 206 Misc. 1073, 136 N.Y.S.2d 23; Matter of Martin v. Martin, 58 Misc.2d 459, 296 N.Y.S.2d The petitioner......
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