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Lair v. Lair

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 14, 1949
276 A.D. 775 (N.Y. App. Div. 1949)

Opinion

November 14, 1949.


Order denying appellant's motion to modify the final judgment of divorce by striking out the provision for support of the daughter of the parties, who has become twenty-one years of age, reversed on the law, without costs, and the motion granted, without costs. There appears to be no common-law or statutory liability for support of an adult child by the father thereof, in the absence of a showing of unusual circumstances. (Cf. Social Welfare Law, § 101; N.Y. City Dom. Rel. Ct. Act, § 101.) Carswell, Acting P.J., Johnston, Adel, Wenzel and MacCrate, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Lair v. Lair

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 14, 1949
276 A.D. 775 (N.Y. App. Div. 1949)
Case details for

Lair v. Lair

Case Details

Full title:KATHARINE LAIR, Respondent, v. HERMAN LAIR, Appellant

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

Date published: Nov 14, 1949

Citations

276 A.D. 775 (N.Y. App. Div. 1949)

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