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IN RE STEPHANIE BROFFMAN-KAMINSKY
Ordered that the appeals from the four orders dated June 9, 2009 are dismissed, as those orders were superseded by the order dated August 13, 2009; and it is further,
Ordered that the order dated August 13, 2009 is affirmed; and it is further,
Ordered that one bill of costs is awarded to the mother. Contrary to the father's contention, the Family Court correctly denied his objections to the Support Magistrate's orders. The record supports the Support Magistrate's finding that the father was responsible for the total sums of $1,255.70 for child care arrears and $783.60 for health care arrears ( see Matter of Spiegel v Spiegel, 68 AD3d 881, 882). In addition, the Support Magistrate correctly found that the father failed to make a prima facie case for a downward modification of his obligation to pay a certain share of child care and health care expenses for the parties' children ( see Family Ct Act § 466; Matter of Savini v Burgaleta, 34 AD3d 686, 688). Finally, the Support Magistrate providently exercised her discretion in directing the father to pay the mother the sum of $1,500 for an attorney's fee ( see Family Ct Act § 438; Matter of Nieves-Ford v Gordon, 47 AD3d 936, 937).
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