Case Name: In the Matter of Jennifer Fisher, Also Known as Jennifer Fisher-Bowe, Respondent, v. Louie Robinson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-05-06
Citations: 294 A.D.2d 362
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Jennifer Fisher, Also Known as Jennifer Fisher-Bowe, Respondent, v Louie Robinson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 294
Pages: 362–363

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Jennifer Fisher, Also Known as Jennifer Fisher-Bowe, Respondent, v Louie Robinson, Appellant.
[741 NYS2d 719]

Opinion:
—In a child support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Lopez-Torres, J.), dated January 5, 2001, which denied his objections to an order of the same court (LaFreniere, H.E.), dated November 1, 2000, which dismissed his application for a downward modification of his child support obligation.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The appellant failed to establish a change in circumstances sufficient to warrant downward modification of his child support obligation (see Matter of Brescia v Fitts, 56 NY2d 132; Matter of Murphy v Rutowicz, 271 AD2d 691).
We reject the father's argument that his child support obligation should be proportionally offset by the amount of time the child spends with him (see Bast v Rossoff, 91 NY2d 723, 730-732). Finally, the Family Court properly found that the expenses the appellant claims he incurs to exercise visitation with the child do not constitute extraordinary expenses which warrant a downward modification of child support (see Juneau v Juneau, 240 AD2d 858, 859). Feuerstein, J.P., S. Miller, Krausman and Cozier, JJ., concur.