Abrams v. Abrams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*810“The overriding purpose of a maintenance award is to give the spouse economic independence, and it should be awarded for a duration that would provide the recipient with enough time to become self-supporting” (Sirgant v Sirgant, 43 AD3d 1034, 1035 [2007]; see Scarlett v Scarlett, 35 AD3d 710 [2006]). With this principle in mind, and under the circumstances of this case, the trial court properly awarded the former wife (hereinafter the wife) maintenance, but it improvidently exercised its discretion in extending the duration of the maintenance award beyond five years. Based upon the evidence…
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