Levitt v. Levitt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*544“[T]he amount and duration of maintenance is a matter committed to the sound discretion of the trial court, and every case must be determined on its own unique facts” (Wortman v Wortman, 11 AD3d 604, 606 [2004]; see Sidhu v Sidhu, 304 AD2d 816, 817 [2003]). In determining the amount and duration of an award of maintenance, the court “must consider the factors enumerated in Domestic Relations Law § 236 (B) (6) (a), which include the predivorce standard of living of the parties, the income and property of the parties, the equitable distribution of marital property, the duration of the marriage,…
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