Brooks v. Brooks

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Sherman, J.), entered November 14, 2011 in Tioga County, upon a decision of the court in favor of plaintiff on the issue of equitable distribution of the future proceeds of certain oil and gas leases.

Plaintiff (hereinafter the husband) and defendant (hereinafter the wife) were married in 2004 and, in 2007, purchased certain real property in Tioga County upon which they subsequently constructed the marital residence. Included in the underlying conveyance was the assignment of an oil and gas lease entered into between the parties’ predecessor in title…