MATTER OF BELDING v. BELDING


53 N.Y.2d 810 (1981)

In the Matter of Carol Belding, Appellant, v. Alfred P. Belding, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold B. Firestone for appellant.

Stephen Gassman for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI and WACHTLER. Judge MEYER dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Judges JONES and FUCHSBERG concur.


Order affirmed, with costs. There has been no abuse of discretion by the Appellate Division as a matter of law.

MEYER, J. (dissenting).

The Appellate Division vacated the Family Court order, with the statement that it did so on the law. This is not a case like Jump v Jump (49 N.Y.2d 783), in which the memorandum at the Appellate Division in discussing the weight of the evidence made clear that its reversal...

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