Eibert v. Eibert

—Carpinello, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Rogers, J.), ordering, inter alia, equitable distribution of the parties’ marital property, entered February 19, 2002 in St. Lawrence County, upon a decision of the court.

In the midst of the trial in this divorce action, defendant intentionally absented herself from the courtroom when it became apparent that she was not going to succeed in her efforts to obtain physical custody of the parties’ two children. As a consequence, she did not contest any issue before Supreme Court, including equitable distribution of the parties’ assets.…