Conner v. Conner

Titone, J. P. (concurring in the result only).

As the term is commonly understood, a professional license or degree possesses none of the attributes of “property”. It has no monetary value on the open market and cannot be transferred, assigned, sold, pledged or inherited. Rather, its attainment represents the culmination of an intellectual effort which money alone cannot buy (see, generally, Lesman v Lesman, 88 AD2d 153, 157, app dsmd 57 NY2d 956; Matter of Graham v Graham, 194 Col 429, 432; Mahoney v Mahoney, 91 NJ 488; cf. Matter of Oxford Distr. Co. v Famous Roberts, 5 AD2d 507, 509…