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Johnson v. Johnson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
May 31, 1996
227 A.D.2d 948 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

May 31, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Oneida County, Tenney, J.

Present — Lawton, J.P., Fallon, Callahan, Doerr and Davis, JJ.


Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs and matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum:

Supreme Court failed to set forth the factors it considered and the reasons for its decision, as required by statute, in distributing the separate and marital property of the parties and in awarding child support ( see, Domestic Relations Law § 236 [B] [5] [d], [g]; [7] [a], [b]; see generally, D'Agostino v. D'Agostino, 183 A.D.2d 867, 868; Ott v Otto, 150 A.D.2d 57, 62; Norgauer v. Norgauer, 126 A.D.2d 957, 958). Although this Court has the authority to make the required findings ( see, Cappiello v. Cappiello, 66 N.Y.2d 107, 110, rearg denied 67 N.Y.2d 647; Majauskas v. Majauskas, 61 N.Y.2d 481, 493-494), we decline to do so here because the record is not sufficiently developed to enable us to make all the required findings regarding those issues. Therefore, we modify the judgment by vacating those decretal paragraphs determining the respective rights of the parties in the separate and marital property and distributing that property and by vacating the decretal paragraph awarding child support. We remit the matter to Supreme Court "for appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law and for further proof on equitable distribution and [child support] if the court is so advised" ( Hanford v. Hanford, 91 A.D.2d 829, 830; see, Gramatyka v. Gramatyka, 203 A.D.2d 913; Conti v. Conti, 199 A.D.2d 985).


Summaries of

Johnson v. Johnson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
May 31, 1996
227 A.D.2d 948 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

Johnson v. Johnson

Case Details

Full title:ELAINE M. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. ROBERT P. JOHNSON, Respondent

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: May 31, 1996

Citations

227 A.D.2d 948 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
643 N.Y.S.2d 454

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