MATTER OF LAURA R. v. CHRISTOPHER B.

Docket. No. F-11610-19/19B, Appeal No. 16134, Case No. 2022-00673.

206 A.D.3d 501 (2022)

170 N.Y.S.3d 84

2022 NY Slip Op 03978

In the Matter of Laura R., Appellant, v. Thomas Christopher B., Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided June 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ellen Liberatore, LLC, Brooklyn ( Mary Ellen Liberatore of counsel), for appellant.

Law Office of Lewis S. Calderon, Jamaica ( Lewis S. Calderon of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Kapnick, Friedman, Mendez, Higgitt, JJ.


The Support Magistrate's determination that respondent's failure to pay child support as ordered was not willful rests largely on his credibility findings, to which great deference is owed (see Matter of Anthony L. v Bernadette R., 193 A.D.3d 510 [1st Dept 2021]). The Support Magistrate found that respondent testified credibly that he could not have sought regular employment because of his parenting responsibilities. The parties' three children lived with him full...

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