Matter of Remy v Mitchell
2009 NY Slip Op 01988 [60 AD3d 860]
March 17, 2009
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, May 6, 2009


In the Matter of Lesly Remy, Appellant,
v
Francine Mitchell, Respondent.

[*1] Lesly Remy, Brentwood, N.Y., appellant pro se.

In a child support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Fondacaro, S.M.), dated October 3, 2007, which, after a hearing, inter alia, fixed child support arrears against him in the sum of $5,691.13.

Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.

It is the obligation of the appellant to assemble a proper record on appeal (see Family Ct Act § 1118; CPLR 5525 [a]; Matter of Zaikowski v Monzon, 277 AD2d 459 [2000]). The failure to provide necessary transcripts inhibits the Court's ability to render an informed decision on the merits of the appeal (see Matter of Rudick v Rudick, 16 AD3d 514 [2005]). In this proceeding, the father failed to provide a transcript of the hearing. This appeal must be dismissed as the papers provided were patently insufficient for the purpose of reviewing the issues he raised (see Matter of Rudick v Rudick, 16 AD3d 514 [2005]; Sultan v Sultan, 295 AD2d 498, 499 [2002]; Svoboda v Svoboda, 275 AD2d 742 [2000]). Prudenti, P.J., Ritter, Santucci and Chambers, JJ., concur.