New York Court of Appeals, 1980

Strahl v. Strahl

New York Court of Appeals · Decided May 8, 1980

49 N.Y.2d 1036; 407 N.E.2d 479; 429 N.Y.S.2d 635; 1980 N.Y. LEXIS 2376

Cases that cite this one

56 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

Martinez v. Konczewski (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1981)
MATTER OF TROPEA v. Tropea (N.Y. 1996)
M.A.B. v. R.B. (New York Supreme Court 1986)
McCarthy v. Braiman (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1984)
Daghir v. Daghir (N.Y. 1982)
Weiss v. Weiss (N.Y. 1981)
Matter of Jillian PP. v. Christopher C. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2026)
Matter of Brown v. Simon (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
Matter of Timothy J. v. Gertrude W. (Kings Family Court 2007)
Rodriguez v. Medina (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2000)
Porter v. Burgey (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1999)
Allen v. Farrow (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1994)
Roush v. Roush (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1994)
Hummel v. Hummel (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1993)
David McClure v. Zimmer (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1993)
Robbins v. Albany County Department of Social Services (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1992)
Klien v. Klien (New York Supreme Court 1988)
Kennedy v. Kennedy (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1987)
Paesch v. Paesch (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1987)
Reese v. Reese (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1987)
Bonfiglio v. Bonfiglio (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1987)
Jane W. v. John W. (New York Supreme Court 1987)
Morgano v. Morgano (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1986)
Ferguson v. Ressico (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1986)
Desmond v. Desmond (NYC Family Court 1986)

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Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with *1038costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Mr. Justice Vito J. Titone at the Appellate Division. We note, however, that our holding in this case should not be construed to represent tacit approval of that aspect of the Appellate Division’s decision which suggested that an individual’s obligation to support his or her children pursuant to a divorce decree may be modified by conditioning it upon the custodial parent’s compliance with a court order or agreement regulating visitation privileges (cf. Borax v Borax, 4 NY2d 113). Although we find no ground for reversal in this case, we prefer to leave open the question whether such a modification, under different circumstances, might constitute an abuse of discretion.

Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer concur.

Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.

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