Case Name: In the Matter of Nelly Vasquez-Merced, Respondent, v. Carlos A. Piovanetti-Lopez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-10-16
Citations: 243 A.D.2d 331
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Nelly Vasquez-Merced, Respondent, v Carlos A. Piovanetti-Lopez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 331–331

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Nelly Vasquez-Merced, Respondent, v Carlos A. Piovanetti-Lopez, Appellant.
[662 NYS2d 766]

Opinion:
Order, Family Court, New York County (Judith Sheindlin, J.), entered June 28, 1995, which dismissed respondent's application for a downward modification of child support, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Family Court correctly held that the parties' stipulation, approved by the Superior Court of Puerto Rico in August 1994, resolved any issues raised by respondent's application for downward modification made in March 1994. In any event, even if we were to deem the instant application as one newly made after approval of the stipulation (cf, Matter of Funt v Funt, 65 NY2d 893), we would find no change in respondent's circumstances since that time warranting a downward modification. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Rubin and Andrias, JJ.