Legal Opinion

Povosky v. Povosky

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

Decided November 10, 1986PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Concerning the pension plan, the husband raises only two issues. First, he contends that the court erred in ordering the husband to pay immediately a lump sum rather than permitting him to pay the wife a proportionate share of the pension payments as the husband receives them. Under the circum*1069stances of this case, the court did not abuse its discretion in making an immediate distribution of the wife’s share of the pension. Since the wife had limited earning ability and the court limited her maintenance payments for a period of three years, it would be inequitable to defer payment of her…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Farsace v. FarsaceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Thielenhaus v. ThielenhausSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
  2. Chasin v. ChasinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. Walker v. WalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  4. Gluck v. GluckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  5. De La Torre v. De La TorreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

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