Under the current scheme for enforcing court-ordered child support obligations, courts may not reduce or cancel any arrears that have accrued (see, Domestic Relations Law § 236 [B] [9] [b]; § 244; Family Ct Act §§ 451, 460 [1]). This prohibition is the culmination of a series of statutory amendments that, since 1980, have curtailed judicial power to modify accumulated...
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