Legal Opinion
McKnight v. McKnight
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 17, 2005PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment of divorce, Supreme Court, New York County (Marilyn B. Dershowitz, Special Referee), entered April 25, *2892003, insofar as it pertained to equitable distribution and award of counsel fees to defendant, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
“Equitable distribution presents matters of fact to be resolved by the trial court, and its distribution of the parties’ marital property should not be disturbed unless it can be shown that the court improvidently exercised its discretion in so doing” (Oster v Goldberg, 226 AD2d 515, 515 [1996], lv denied 88 NY2d 811 [1996]). The valuation and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- DeCabrera v. Cabrera-RoseteNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Greenwald v. GreenwaldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Oster v. GoldbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Savage v. SavageAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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