Malamut v. Malamut

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Malamut v. Malamut

210 A.D.2d 382, 621 N.Y.S.2d 86, 1994 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12946

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedDecember 19, 1994

StatusPublished

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Malamut v. Malamut, 210 A.D.2d 382, 621 N.Y.S.2d 86, 1994 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12946 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1994).

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—In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by a judgment dated April 3, 1986, the defendant former husband appeals from an order of [383]*383the Supreme Court, Nassau County (O’Brien, J.), dated January 26,1993, which, inter alia, denied, without a hearing, that branch of his motion which was for a downward modification of his $3,600 monthly maintenance obligation.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for a hearing and new determination.

It is well settled that a hearing is warranted on the issue of whether there has been a "substantial change in circumstances” (Domestic Relations Law § 236 [B] [9] [b]), where the parties’ affidavits disclose the existence of genuine questions of fact (see, Wyser-Pratte v Wyser-Pratte, 66 NY2d 715; Schnoor v Schnoor, 189 AD2d 809, 810). Here, the conflicting affidavits raise questions as to the plaintiff’s ability to be self-supporting. We therefore remit the matter to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for a hearing. Sullivan, J. P., Lawrence, Ritter and Joy, JJ., concur.

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—In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by a judgment dated April 3, 1986, the defendant former husband appeals from an order of [383]*383the Supreme Court, Nassau County (O’Brien, J.), dated January 26,1993, which, inter alia, denied, without a hearing, that branch of his motion which was for a downward modification of his $3,600 monthly maintenance obligation.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for a hearing and new determination.

It is well settled that a hearing is warranted on the issue of whether there has been a "substantial change in circumstances” (Domestic Relations Law § 236 [B] [9] [b]), where the parties’ affidavits disclose the existence of genuine questions of fact (see, Wyser-Pratte v Wyser-Pratte, 66 NY2d 715; Schnoor v Schnoor, 189 AD2d 809, 810). Here, the conflicting affidavits raise questions as to the plaintiff’s ability to be self-supporting. We therefore remit the matter to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for a hearing. Sullivan, J. P., Lawrence, Ritter and Joy, JJ., concur.

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210 A.D.2d 382, 621 N.Y.S.2d 86, 1994 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12946, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/malamut-v-malamut-nyappdiv-1994.

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