Legal Opinion

Filiaci v. Filiaci

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

Decided December 30, 2009PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1811We reject plaintiffs further contention that the court abused its discretion in awarding defendant maintenance for a period of six years. Rather, the court should have provided that defendant is entitled to maintenance for a period of six years, until the death of either party, or until defendant’s valid or invalid *1812marriage (see Domestic Relations Law § 236 [B] [1] [a]; [6] [c]; McLoughlin v McLoughlin, 63 AD3d 1017, 1018 [2009]; Haines v Haines, 44 AD3d 901, 903 [2007]). We therefore further modify the supplemental judgment accordingly.

We conclude that the court properly awarded defendant…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McLoughlin v. McLoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  2. Haines v. HainesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  3. Mulcahy v. MulcahyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  4. Cooper v. CooperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  5. Stanley v. HainAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Belkhir v. Amrane-BelkhirAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  2. Lauzonis v. LauzonisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  3. Leonardo v. LeonardoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  4. Belkhir v. Amrane-BelkhirAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  5. Lauzonis v. LauzonisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

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