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Amendment Allowing the Consideration of Incarceration as a Reason for a Downward Support Modification Is Not Applied Retroactively

The Third Department affirmed Family Court’s finding that the amendment to Family Court Act section 451 (which allows a court to consider incarceration as a reason for a downward support modification) does not apply retroactively:

Before the 2010 amendment to Family Ct Act § 451, a parent’s loss of income resulting from incarceration generally was not considered a sufficient change in circumstances to warrant a reduction or suspension of child support … .  As part of legislation making many changes regarding child support (see Assembly Mem in Support, 2010 McKinney’s Session Laws of NY at 1747), Family Ct Act § 451 was amended in several respects including, as relevant here, to provide that “[i]ncarceration shall not be a bar to finding a substantial change in circumstances provided such incarceration is not the result of nonpayment of a child support order, or an offense against the custodial parent or child who is the subject of the order or judgment” (Family Ct Act § 451 [2] [a]; see L 2010, ch 182, § 6).  However, the legislation further provided that, as to the section that included this amendment, it “shall apply to any action or proceeding to modify any order of child support entered on or after the effective date of this act”… .  Matter of Baltes v Smith, 514485, 3rd Dept 11-21-13

 

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