Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Although the Family Court found that the father failed to show an "unanticipated" and "unforeseen" change in circumstances warranting a downward modification of his child support obligation, because the father's obligation was not contained in a stipulation of settlement that had been incorporated but not merged into a judgment of divorce, the standard that should have been applied is "a substantial change in circumstances...
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