Legal Opinion

Sotnik v. Zavilyansky

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

Decided December 26, 2012PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1103In determining the length of time that a custodial parent should be granted exclusive occupancy of the former marital residence, the appropriate consideration involves an appropriate balancing of “ ‘the need of the custodial parent to occupy the marital residence . . . against the financial need of the parties’ ” (Gahagan v Gahagan, 76 AD3d 538, 540 [2010], quoting Goldblum v Goldblum, 301 AD2d 567, 568 [2003]; see Mosso v Mosso, 84 AD3d 757, 760 [2011]). Under the circumstances of this case, the Supreme Court should have awarded the plaintiff exclusive occupancy of the former marital…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. DeCabrera v. Cabrera-RoseteNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. Mosso v. MossoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. Reinisch v. ReinischAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  4. Moran v. GrilloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  5. Duffy v. DuffyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Patete v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  2. Turco v. TurcoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  3. Kim v. SchillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  4. Cotter v. CotterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. Hainsworth v. HainsworthAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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