Mineo v. Mineo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Mineo v. Mineo

191 A.D.2d 1002, 595 N.Y.S.2d 165, 1993 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2959

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

DecidedMarch 12, 1993

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Mineo v. Mineo, 191 A.D.2d 1002, 595 N.Y.S.2d 165, 1993 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2959 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1993).

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—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Following a hearing, the Hearing Examiner ordered respondent to pay 60% of his daughter’s tuition at a private elementary school and $2,000 toward petitioner’s legal expenses of nearly $8,000. Family Court erred in confirming the Hearing Examiner’s award with respect to tuition. Absent a voluntary agreement or special circumstances, a parent is not obligated to contribute to private school expenses (Cooper v Farrell, 170 AD2d 571; Cwiklinski v Cwiklinski, 115 AD2d 951; Matter of Ladner v Iarussi, 92 AD2d 895). The parties each testified that they had no agreement that respondent would contribute to their daughter’s private school tuition, and petitioner has not argued that special circumstances exist. Thus, the award of private school tuition must be vacated. The award of counsel fees to petitioner was not an abuse of discretion (cf., Remetich v Schoenberg, 100 AD2d 581). (Appeal from Order of Monroe County Family Court, Sciolino, J. — Child Support.) Present— Pine, J. P., Fallon, Boomer, Davis and Boehm, JJ.

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—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Following a hearing, the Hearing Examiner ordered respondent to pay 60% of his daughter’s tuition at a private elementary school and $2,000 toward petitioner’s legal expenses of nearly $8,000. Family Court erred in confirming the Hearing Examiner’s award with respect to tuition. Absent a voluntary agreement or special circumstances, a parent is not obligated to contribute to private school expenses (Cooper v Farrell, 170 AD2d 571; Cwiklinski v Cwiklinski, 115 AD2d 951; Matter of Ladner v Iarussi, 92 AD2d 895). The parties each testified that they had no agreement that respondent would contribute to their daughter’s private school tuition, and petitioner has not argued that special circumstances exist. Thus, the award of private school tuition must be vacated. The award of counsel fees to petitioner was not an abuse of discretion (cf., Remetich v Schoenberg, 100 AD2d 581). (Appeal from Order of Monroe County Family Court, Sciolino, J. — Child Support.) Present— Pine, J. P., Fallon, Boomer, Davis and Boehm, JJ.

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