Legal Opinion

Greene v. Greene

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

Decided May 4, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant former husband appeals, as limited by his brief, from stated portions of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Donovan, J.), dated May 15, 1997, which, inter alia, awarded him only $3,500 as his equitable share of the marital property.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Contrary to the appellant’s contention, his minimal contribution to this five-year marriage justified the Supreme Court’s distributive award to him of only $3,500 (see, Arvantides v Arvantides, 64 NY2d 1033;…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Arvantides v. ArvantidesNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. Barnes v. BarnesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  3. Whispell v. WhispellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  4. Harris v. HarrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Michaelessi v. MichaelessiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  2. Arrigo v. ArrigoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  3. Evans v. EvansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  4. Simmons v. SimmonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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