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FATHER DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THE CHILD WAS CONSTRUCTIVELY EMANCIPATED; THEREFORE FATHER’S SUPPORT OBLIGATION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TERMINATED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Family Court, determined father did not meet his burden of proof in his attempt to demonstrate the constructive emancipation of the child such that his support obligation should be terminated:

“It is fundamental public policy in New York that parents are responsible for their children’s support until age 21” … . “However, under the doctrine of constructive emancipation, a child of employable age who actively abandons the noncustodial parent by refusing all contact and [parental access] may forfeit any entitlement to support. A child’s mere reluctance to see a parent is not abandonment” … . “[W]here it is the parent who causes a breakdown in communication with his or her child, or has made no serious effort to contact the child and exercise his or her parental access rights, the child will not be deemed to have abandoned the parent” … . “The burden of proof as to emancipation is on the party asserting it” … .

Here, contrary to the father’s contention, the evidence adduced at the hearing failed to demonstrate that he made serious efforts to maintain a relationship with the child during the relevant time period, or that the child actively abandoned her relationship with him … . Matter of Rosenkrantz v Rosenkrantz, 2023 NY Slip Op 05609, Second Dept 11-8-23

Practice Point: The proof requirements for constructive emancipation of a child were not met; criteria explained.

 

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