Legal Opinion

Bennett v. Bennett

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 25, 2012Published

1Opinion of the Court

Rose, J.P.

An amended judgment granting plaintiff a divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds was entered in 2009, and we affirmed (82 AD3d 1294 [2011]). While that appeal was pending, however, plaintiff moved to resettle the amended judgment to, among other things, clarify that she was allowed to offset her child support arrears against payments owed to her from defendant’s pension. Supreme Court granted that portion of the motion to resettle and issued a second amended judgment, from which defendant now appeals.

We are unpersuaded by defendant’s contention that Supreme Court did not have…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Kiker v. Nassau CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. Owens v. StuartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  3. Glazier v. BrightlyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. Reback v. RebackAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. LaBarbera v. Town of WoodstockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

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