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THE CHILD SUPPORT PROVISIONS OF THE STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT IN THE DIVORCE ACTION VIOLATED THE CHILD SUPPORT STANDARDS ACT AND MUST BE VACATED; THE VACATUR SHOULD HAVE EXTENDED BACK TO THE DATE OF THE STIPULATION, NOT MERELY TO THE DATE OF THE RELATED MOTION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court in this action on the child support provisions of a stipulation of settlement in a divorce action, determined the child support provisions violated the Child Support Standards Act and the required vacatur should extend back to the date of the stipulation:

The Child Support Standards Act (Domestic Relations Law § 240[1-b][h]; hereinafter CSSA) mandates vacatur of original child support stipulations when they fail to comply with CSSA guidelines. Here … the Supreme Court found that the parties’ failure to strictly comply with the CSSA with regard to the deviation from the statutory support obligations vitiated the child support provision of the stipulation of settlement with regard to apportionment of unreimbursed medical costs. … [T]he court improperly determined that the reimbursement of the medical costs and child care expenses was retroactive only to the filing date of the motion, relying on Luisi v Luisi (6 AD3d 398). However, in Luisi, this Court held that it was improper to award child support arrears retroactive to the date of a stipulation of settlement because the party seeking such recalculation only did so by motion in the matrimonial action rather than by plenary action … . Here, the defendant did properly commence a plenary action to vacate those provisions of the stipulation of settlement which pertained to the calculation of the medical costs and child care expenses and, upon vacatur, to recalculate the amounts owed. … Thus, the court should have granted those branches of the defendant’s motion which sought a recalculation of the arrears owed retroactive to the date of the stipulation of settlement … . Martelloni v Martelloni, 2020 NY Slip Op 05197, Second Dept 9-30-20

 

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