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MATTER OF CHRISSY T. ALEXANDER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. MICHAEL L. CONLEY, Respondent-Respondent. (APPEAL NO. 1.).

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Family Court properly dismissed the petition in appeal No. 1 insofar as it sought an upward modification of child support. Petitioner's "proof failed to establish that the child's needs were not being met ( see, Matter of Brescia v. Fitts, 56 N.Y.2d 132, 141) or that an unanticipated and unreasonable change in circumstances had occurred ( see, Boden v. Boden, 42 N.Y.2d 210, 213)" ( Kinsella v. Kinsella, 206 A.D.2d 889, 889-890). We have considered petitioner's remaining contentions in appeal No. 1 and conclude that they are without merit.

We agree with petitioner, however, that the court erred in dismissing the petition in appeal No. 2 seeking enforcement of the Hearing Examiner's order, filed when petitioner's objections to the Hearing Examiner's order were pending. Contrary to the court's determination, that petition was not premature. Rather, pending the court's ruling on the objections, the Hearing Examiner's order was "in full force and effect" (Family Ct Act § 439 [e]), and petitioner was thus entitled to seek enforcement of that order ( see § 453 [a]). The record contains no proof to support the contention of respondent that appeal No. 2 has been rendered moot by his compliance with the Hearing Examiner's order. We therefore reverse the order in appeal No. 2 and reinstate the petition therein, and we remit the matter to Family Court, Erie County, for further proceedings on the petition.

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MATTER OF ALEXANDER v. CONLEY
(Nov 21, 2003)