In re the Claim of Boone

Claimant resigned from his employment with an electronics company three months after his marriage so that he could relocate to Washington, the home state of his new wife. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board subsequently ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment due to marriage.

This Court has consistently held that a claimant who voluntarily leaves his or her employment because of marriage is disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits (see Labor Law § 593 [1] [b]; Matter of Radwan…