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No Constructive Emancipation or Abandonment

In affirming Family Court’s denial of father’s petition to modify child support, the Second Department explained the doctrine of constructive emancipation, noting that a child’s reluctance to see a parent is not abandonment:

The father claimed that he should no longer be required to pay support because the mother had alienated the child from him. Under the doctrine of constructive emancipation, a child of employable age who actively abandons the noncustodial parent by refusing all contact and visitation may forfeit any entitlement to support…. However, a child’s reluctance to see a parent is not abandonment…. There is no evidence in the record that the child has refused all contact and visitation with the father.  Matter of Grucci v Villanti, 2013 NY Slip Op 05209, 2nd Dept 7-10-13

 

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