Volponi-Hotton v. Hotton

In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Blydenburgh, J.), dated April 16, 2003, which granted that branch of the plaintiffs motion which was to direct him to pay the transfer taxes in connection with the transfer of the marital residence to the plaintiff.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

It is well settled that the disposition of marital property, both the amount and the method, is generally left to the sound discretion of the trial court (see Kiprilova v Kiprilov, 255 AD2d 362, 363 [1998]; Filax v…