context: This approach also puts a child of separated parents in the same situation as a child of parents who are not separated because it allows the child to maintain the same standard of living as if the parents had not separated.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 87 N.Y.2d 612, 612
citation_a.parenthetical: "[H]ad the marriage not been dissolved, petitioner's children would have enjoyed a standard of living based on both parents' income plus the social security benefits they received as petitioner's dependents."
citation_a.sentence: See Graby, 87 N.Y.2d at 612, 641 N.Y.S.2d at 581, 664 N.E.2d at 492 (“[H]ad the marriage not been dissolved, petitioner’s children would have enjoyed a standard of living based on both parents’ income plus the social security benefits they received as petitioner’s dependents.”); cf. Stultz, 659 N.E.2d at 129 (noting in a social security retirement benefits case that if the marriage had not been dissolved, the children would have had the benefit of their parent’s social security retirement benefits and their own social security retirement dependency benefit).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 659 N.E.2d 129, 129
citation_b.parenthetical: noting in a social security retirement benefits case that if the marriage had not been dissolved, the children would have had the benefit of their parent's social security retirement benefits and their own social security retirement dependency benefit
citation_b.sentence: See Graby, 87 N.Y.2d at 612, 641 N.Y.S.2d at 581, 664 N.E.2d at 492 (“[H]ad the marriage not been dissolved, petitioner’s children would have enjoyed a standard of living based on both parents’ income plus the social security benefits they received as petitioner’s dependents.”); cf. Stultz, 659 N.E.2d at 129 (noting in a social security retirement benefits case that if the marriage had not been dissolved, the children would have had the benefit of their parent’s social security retirement benefits and their own social security retirement dependency benefit).