Brown v. Brown

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Deborah A. Kaplan, J.), entered September 5, 2013, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, directed defendant husband to pay plaintiff wife monthly temporary taxable maintenance in the amount of $37,000, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court properly applied the formula set forth in Domestic Relations Law § 236 (B) (5-a) (c) (2) (a) in calculating the award of temporary spousal maintenance to plaintiff wife. Specifically, the court listed all 19 of the enumerated factors, explained how the factors support an upward…