Opinion
2012-12-12
In the Matter of Ella SHILLINGFORD, appellant, v. Skip DIELINGER, respondent.
Ella Shillingford, Brooklyn, N.Y., appellant pro se. Robert A. Ugelow, P.C., Brooklyn, N.Y., for respondent.
Ella Shillingford, Brooklyn, N.Y., appellant pro se. Robert A. Ugelow, P.C., Brooklyn, N.Y., for respondent.
In a child support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Gruebel, J.), dated January 9, 2012, which denied her objections to an order of the same court (Palos, S.M.), dated November 7, 2011, which, after a hearing, denied her petition for an upward modification of a prior order of child support dated September 17, 2007.
ORDERED that the order dated January 9, 2012, is affirmed, with costs.
The Family Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the mother's objections to the Support Magistrate's determination that she failed to establish a substantial change in circumstances warranting an upward modification of child support ( seeDomestic Relations Law § 236[B][9][b]; Matter of Gracie v. Donovan, 84 A.D.3d 1375, 1376, 924 N.Y.S.2d 287;Matter of Simmons v. Simmons, 71 A.D.3d 775, 776, 895 N.Y.S.2d 737;Matter of Heyward v. Goldman, 23 A.D.3d 468, 469, 805 N.Y.S.2d 628).