A father who has been prevented from seeing his son by the child’s mother should not be obligated to pay child support, a Brooklyn appeals court ruled.

The Sept. 2 decision from a panel of the Appellate Division, Second Department, in Matter of Coull v. Rottman, 2014-1516, reverses a 2014 ruling by Westchester County Family Court Judge Hal Greenwald denying Robert Coull’s petition to suspend his obligation to make child support payments.