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FAMILY COURT EXCEEDED ITS JURISDICTION WHEN IT SUSPENDED MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS; THE PAYMENTS WERE GOVERNED BY THE PARTIES’ SEPARATION AGREEMENT, AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACT (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing (modifying) Family Court, determined Family Court exceeded its jurisdiction in suspending maintenance payments to mother because the maintenance was provided for in the parties’ separation agreement:

… [W]e agree with the mother and the AFC [attorney for the child] that the court exceeded its jurisdiction in suspending maintenance payments to the mother inasmuch as the parties’ separation agreement setting forth that obligation is an independent contract … . Family Court is a court of limited jurisdiction and cannot exercise powers beyond those granted to it by statute … , and “[i]t generally has no subject matter jurisdiction to reform, set aside or modify the terms of a valid separation agreement”… . We therefore modify the order by vacating the tenth provision of the second ordering paragraph insofar as it relates to the suspension of maintenance payments, and we remit the matter to Family Court for a determination of the amount of any maintenance arrears … . Matter of Krier v Krier, 2019 NY Slip Op 09129, Fourth Dept 12-20-19

 

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