Legal Opinion
Polizzano v. Polizzano
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 15, 2003PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action for a divorce and equitable relief, the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Yancey, J.), dated September 11, 2002, which, after a nonjury trial, awarded the plaintiff, inter alia, $100 per week in nondurational maintenance.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The award of maintenance is a matter for the sound discretion of the trial court (see Mazzone v Mazzone, 290 AD2d 495 [2002]; Buchsbaum v Buchsbaum, 292 AD2d 553 [2002]; Murray v Murray, 269 AD2d 433 [2000]). In awarding maintenance, the Supreme Court properly considered the…
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