Garruto v. Garruto

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Hester, Jr., J.), ordering, inter alia, equitable distribution of the parties’ marital property and maintenance, entered December 22, 2000 in Broome County, upon a decision of the court.

The parties to this 31-year marriage which produced three children (now emancipated) went to trial on various issues, only two of which remain extant, the appropriate amount of spousal maintenance due plaintiff and whether she should receive an equitable distribution credit for defendant’s doctoral degree. Finding no abuse of discretion in Supreme Court’s resolution…