Clarke v. Clarke

• Decision Date: 13 December 2011
• Citation: 2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 09080,90 A.D.3d 690,934 N.Y.S.2d 345
• Parties: Gwendolyn CLARKE, appellant, v. Paul K. CLARKE, respondent.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 09080

90 A.D.3d 690

934 N.Y.S.2d 345

Gwendolyn CLARKE, appellant,

v.Paul K. CLARKE, respondent.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Dec. 13, 2011.

Gwendolyn Clarke, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Paul K. Clarke, New Haven, Connecticut, respondent pro se.

In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Tolbert, J.), entered December 9, 2008, which, after a nonjury trial, inter alia, failed to direct the defendant to pay child support arrears, failed to award her maintenance, and failed to equitably distribute the value of the defendant's medical license.

ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.

An appellant is obligated “to assemble a proper record on appeal, which must include any relevant transcripts of proceedings before the Supreme Court” ( Kruseck v. Ross, 82 A.D.3d 939, 940, 918 N.Y.S.2d 727; see CPLR 5525[a]; 5526; Gorelik v. Gorelik, 85 A.D.3d 859, 860–861, 926 N.Y.S.2d 555; Kociubinski v. Kociubinski, 83 A.D.3d 1006, 1007, 921 N.Y.S.2d 566; Schwartz v. Schwartz, 73 A.D.3d 1156, 1156–1157, 902 N.Y.S.2d 127). The record must also “contain all of the relevant papers that were before the Supreme Court, including the transcript, if any, of the proceedings” ( Matison v. County of Nassau, 290 A.D.2d 494, 494, 736 N.Y.S.2d 115).

Here, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment which, inter alia, failed to direct the defendant to pay child support arrears, failed to award the plaintiff maintenance, and failed to equitably distribute the value of the defendant's medical license. However, the plaintiff's failure to provide this Court with the full transcript of the nonjury trial conducted before the Supreme Court renders the record on appeal inadequate to enable this Court to reach an informed determination on the merits. Thus, the appeal must be dismissed ( see Gorelik v. Gorelik, 85 A.D.3d at 861, 926 N.Y.S.2d 555; Kociubinski v. Kociubinski, 83 A.D.3d at 1007, 921 N.Y.S.2d 566; Schwartz v. Schwartz, 73 A.D.3d at 1157, 902 N.Y.S.2d 127).

MASTRO, A.P.J., SGROI, COHEN and MILLER, JJ., concur.