Blankenship v. Kerr
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The husband and wife were married in May 1985, and their son was born in October of that same year. This action was commenced in 1988, the same year that the wife and the child moved out of the marital residence.
The trial court’s award of $850 a month in permanent maintenance to supplement the wife’s future earnings was appropriate under the circumstances (see, e.g., Sperling v Sperling, 165 AD2d 338, 342). The evaluation of the credibility of witnesses and quality of proof can best be made by the trial court, which has direct access to the parties and therefore appellate courts afford such…
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