Matter of Floyd v. Duncan

2026 NY Slip Op 03962 · Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department · June 24, 2026 · No. 2025-09313

Summary

The New York Appellate Division, Second Department, affirmed an order denying the father's objections to a child-support determination. The court upheld imputing full-time minimum-wage income to the father and requiring him to pay weekly child support, childcare expenses, and retroactive support.

Holdings

  1. The notice of appeal from the May 27, 2025 order was deemed a premature notice of appeal from the July 2, 2025 Family Court order.
  2. The Support Magistrate did not improvidently exercise her discretion by imputing full-time minimum-wage income to the father.
  3. The Support Magistrate properly directed the father to pay his pro rata share of the child's daycare and pre-kindergarten expenses as a childcare add-on.

Questions Presented

  1. Whether the father's appeal from the Support Magistrate's order could be treated as a premature notice of appeal from the Family Court's subsequent order denying his objections.
  2. Whether the Support Magistrate improvidently exercised her discretion by imputing full-time minimum-wage income to the father.
  3. Whether the Support Magistrate properly ordered the father to pay his pro rata share of the child's daycare and pre-kindergarten expenses as a childcare add-on.

Disposition

affirmed

Cases Cited (13)

  • Matter of Rasberry v Fernandez, 238 AD3d 879(followed)
  • Nosratabdi v Aroni, 198 AD3d 976, 978(followed)
  • Johnson v Johnson, 172 AD3d 1654, 1656(followed)
  • Matter of Nesterenko v Reshetilov, 247 AD3d 1041, 1041(followed)
  • Matter of Coughlan v Coughlan, 218 AD3d 569, 570-571(followed)
  • Malkani v Malkani, 208 AD3d 864, 865(followed)
  • Tuchman v Tuchman, 201 AD3d 986, 990(followed)
  • Matter of Evans v Evans, 186 AD3d 1684, 1684(followed)
  • Matter of Glaudin v Glaudin, 213 AD3d 762, 763(followed)
  • Matter of Cutaia v Cutaia, 241 AD3d 546, 547(followed)

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