Legal Opinion
Reczek v. Reczek
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 30, 1997PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Plaintiff contends that Supreme Court erred in awarding defendant the value of plaintiffs enhanced earnings attributable to the doctoral degree he obtained during the marriage. We agree. Where there is an award of maintenance, " 'the court [is] obliged to reduce the value of the enhanced earnings by the amount awarded in maintenance. Not to do so would involve a double counting of the same income’ ” (Wadsworth v Wadsworth, 219 AD2d 410, 415). Thus, the court was…
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