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RUTH MISHRICK, Respondent, v. ABDALLAH S. MISHRICK, Appellant.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Domestic Relations Law § 236 (B) (9) (b) authorizes the modification of the terms of a separation agreement which has been incorporated into a judgment of divorce upon a showing of extreme hardship (see, Sheridan v. Sheridan, 225 A.D.2d 604, 605). The court must conduct a hearing to determine whether modification is warranted only where the allegations of the party seeking modification present genuine issues of fact (see, Young v. Young, 223 A.D.2d 358; Soba v. Soba, 213 A.D.2d 472). Absent a prima facie case establishing entitlement to a downward modification, the applicant has no right to a hearing (see, Lloyd v. Lloyd, 226 A.D.2d 816; Matter of Zinkiewicz v. Zinkiewicz, 222 A.D.2d 684, 685).

Here, the husband's claims of extreme hardship are based on nothing more than self-serving, conclusory allegations and credit card statements revealing that he has incurred significant debt by drawing cash advances against those accounts. Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly rejected his application without a hearing.

Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Krausman and McGinity, JJ., concur.

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MISHRICK v. MISHRICK
(Jun 22, 1998)