Legal Opinion
M.M. v. T.M.
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 10, 2015Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Richard A. Dollinger, J.
In a seemingly interminable battle, a former spouse seeks to collect monies owed by her former husband for maintenance and attorneys fees from two sources: the retainer deposited by her ex-husband with his counsel and certain retirement accounts. The field of combat in this decade-old matter shifts from the well-traveled road of the domestic relations laws and requires a voyage down a road not taken1 into a hitherto infrequently explored landscape—the rights of former spouses seeking to enforce support judgments under federal and state laws designed…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- W.W.W. Associates, Inc. v. GiancontieriNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Boggs v. BoggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings & Investment PlanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Guardian Loan Co. v. EarlyNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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