Mahoney v. Mahoney
| Decision Date | 29 June 1987 |
| Citation | 131 A.D.2d 822,517 N.Y.S.2d 184 |
| Parties | Patricia MAHONEY, Respondent, v. John MAHONEY, Sr., Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Arnold Davis, New York City, for appellant.
Sweeney, Gallo & Reich, Sunnydale (Michael H. Reich, of counsel), for respondent.
Before THOMPSON, J.P., and LAWRENCE, WEINSTEIN and SULLIVAN, JJ.
MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.
In a matrimonial action, the defendant husband appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Corrado, J.), dated September 11, 1986, as (1) denied that branch of his motion for summary judgment dismissing that portion of the plaintiff wife's complaint as sought maintenance and equitable distribution of the parties' New York property and (2) granted that branch of the plaintiff's cross motion which sought leave to serve an amended complaint.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The defendant, while residing in Florida, commenced an action in that State for the dissolution of the parties' marriage on the ground that the marriage was "irretrievably broken". The plaintiff, a New York resident, appeared in that action through counsel. Shortly thereafter, the plaintiff commenced an action in New York seeking, inter alia, a judgment of divorce on the ground of abandonment, maintenance and equitable distribution of the marital property. In June 1986 a final judgment of divorce was entered in Florida. In addition to dissolving the parties' marriage, the Florida court reserved jurisdiction over all marital assets in the State of Florida. Significantly, the Florida judgment contained no disposition as to the parties' marital property in New York. The defendant thereupon moved for summary judgment dismissing the New York complaint, asserting the Florida judgment as a bar to the prosecution of the New York action. Trial Term granted the defendant's motion to dismiss only with respect to that portion of the complaint which sought dissolution of the marriage and equitable distribution of property in Florida. The plaintiff's cross motion was granted to the extent of affording her leave to serve an amended complaint seeking only maintenance and equitable distribution of the New York property.
The issue involved herein is whether the parties' Florida divorce judgment bars the plaintiff's commencement of an action in New York for equitable distribution of the New York property and maintenance under Domestic Relations...
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