Legal Opinion

R.R. v. P.R.

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

Decided October 8, 2002PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Marylin Diamond, J.), entered May 30, 2001, which, insofar as appealed from, equitably distributed the marital property and awarded maintenance and child support, with related relief, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The trial court properly exercised its discretion in awarding defendant maintenance for three years (see Anonymous v Anonymous, 289 AD2d 106, 107). The award was fair, given the parties’ predivorce standard of living and reasonable needs (see Kirschenbaum v Kirschenbaum, 264 AD2d 344). Plaintiffs contention that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Vicinanzo v. VicinanzoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. Kyle v. KyleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  3. Kirschenbaum v. KirschenbaumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  4. Anonymous v. AnonymousAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  5. Procario v. ProcarioNew York Supreme Court · 1994

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Cash-Scher v. ScherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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