IN THE MATTER OF BURNS v. ROSS


19 A.D.3d 801 (2005)

796 N.Y.S.2d 450

In the Matter of KATHERINE A. BURNS, Respondent, v. JAMES M. ROSS, Appellant. (And Two Other Related Proceedings.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

June 9, 2005.


Mugglin, J.

Respondent makes three arguments on appeal, only one of which we find meritorious. First, we reject his assertion that he need not pay child support for his college-age daughter because of the doctrine of constructive emancipation. Respondent failed to sustain his burden of proof on this issue (see Matter of Adamchick v Adamchick, 136 A.D.2d 847, 848 [1988], lv denied 72 N.Y.2d 804 [1988]), as the daughter...

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