Case Name: Janet M. Johnson, Respondent, v. Allan M. Chapin, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-11-26
Citations: 299 A.D.2d 294
Docket Number: 
Parties: Janet M. Johnson, Respondent, v Allan M. Chapin, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 299
Pages: 294–295

Head Matter:
Janet M. Johnson, Respondent, v Allan M. Chapin, Appellant.
[749 NYS2d 723]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marjory Fields, J.), entered May 16, 2002, which, in this matrimonial action, granted, in part, plaintiff's motion for pendente lite relief, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Defendant has not demonstrated any basis for affording him relief from the interim award. Indeed, the motion court, when confronted with defendant's apparently self-created unemployment and questionable claim of limited future earnings, was warranted in imputing income to him on the basis of his past earnings and earning capacity (see Kent v Kent, 291 AD2d 258, 259).
We have considered defendant's various arguments and find them all unavailing. Concur — Mazzarelli, J.P., Rosenberger, Rubin and Gonzalez, JJ.