Legal Opinion

K. v. B.

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

Decided November 9, 2004PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Marlow, J.

This appeal presents an unusual set of facts, whose most pertinent aspects are substantially set forth in the dissent. The parties’ marriage was unconventional in certain ways, but that lack of convention does not, as the defendant husband would have it, trump the settled equitable distribution principles which have evolved in New York since 1980. For that reason we most respectfully disagree with our dissenting colleague(s) and affirm the trial court.

Cruel and Inhuman Treatment

Without citing any legal authority, the husband argues that the wife could not…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. O'Brien v. O'BrienNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. Price v. PriceNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. Matisoff v. DobiNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
  5. Greenwald v. GreenwaldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Allison v. AllisonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  2. Rand v. RandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  3. Kaur v. SinghAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  4. Maidman v. MaidmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  5. Matter of Ann D. v. David S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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