Matter of Mervil v. Exhume

Matter of Mervil v Exhume (2018 NY Slip Op 06542) Matter of Mervil v Exhume 2018 NY Slip Op 06542 Decided on October 3, 2018 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on October 3, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P. SANDRA L. SGROI HECTOR D. LASALLE BETSY BARROS, JJ. 2017-10347 (Docket No. F-09511-07/16G) [*1]In the Matter of Frantz Mervil, appellant, v Ruth Exhume, respondent. Frantz Mervil, Hempstead, NY, appellant pro se. DECISION & ORDER In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Robin M. Kent, J.), dated August 22, 2017. The order denied the father's objections to an order of the same court (Nadine J. Satterthwaite, S.M.) dated June 8, 2017, which, after a hearing, dismissed his petition for a downward modification of his child support obligation. ORDERED that the order dated August 22, 2017, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements. We agree with the Support Magistrate's determination in an order dated June 8, 2017, that the father's petition for a downward modification of his child support obligation was barred by the doctrine of res judicata (see Goldman v Rio, 104 AD3d 729, 730; Matter of Waldman v Waldman, 47 AD3d 638, 639; Matter of Perna v Perna, 12 AD3d 448, 448). Having failed to show a substantial change in circumstances since the prior child support proceeding, the father was precluded from relitigating the issue in this subsequent proceeding on his petition for a downward modification (see Matter of Figueroa v Herring, 61 AD3d 976, 977; Matter of Solis v Marmolejos, 50 AD3d 691, 692). Accordingly, we agree with the Family Court's denial of the father's objections to the order dated June 8, 2017, which dismissed the father's petition for a downward modification. BALKIN, J.P., SGROI, LASALLE and BARROS, JJ., concur. ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court