Pollack v. Pollack
| Decision Date | 17 June 1982 |
| Citation | 439 N.E.2d 339,56 N.Y.2d 968,453 N.Y.S.2d 623 |
| Parties | , 439 N.E.2d 339 Diane POLLACK, Appellant, v. Edward A. POLLACK, Respondent. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
On review of submissions pursuant to Rule 500.2(b), order affirmed, 84 A.D.2d 748, 449 N.Y.S.2d 635, with costs, and the question certified answered in the affirmative. The Legislature has determined that the controlling factor with respect to the applicability of the Equitable Distribution Law (Domestic Relations Law, sec. 236, part B) to preexisting causes of action is not the date on which issue was joined, or the possibility that the party may be the type of person the law was generally intended to benefit, but the date on which the action was commenced (Valladares v. Valladares, 55 N.Y.2d 388, 449 N.Y.S.2d 687, 434 N.E.2d 1054; Tucker v. Tucker, 55 N.Y.2d 378, 449 N.Y.S.2d 683, 434 N.E.2d 1050; Zuckerman v. Zuckerman, 56 N.Y.2d 636, 450 N.Y.S.2d 786, 436 N.E.2d 192). In this case the action was commenced before the new law became effective and therefore the application for a voluntary discontinuance in order to avoid the legislative mandate must be denied (Tucker v. Tucker, supra, 55 N.Y.2d at pp. 384-385, 450 N.Y.S.2d 786, 436 N.E.2d 192).
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