Legal Opinion
Kaur v. Singh
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 2, 2007PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*623In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Geller, S.R.), entered March 31, 2006, as, after a nonjury trial, awarded the plaintiff 75% of the marital assets and awarded him only 25% of the marital assets.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in taking marital fault into account in awarding the plaintiff 75% of the marital assets. Marital fault is not a relevant consideration under the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Weilert v. WeilertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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