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- Title: Miriam Feldman v. Richard Feldman
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 27, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
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The plaintiff wife and the defendant husband were divorced in January 1991 after nearly 40 years of marriage. During the parties marriage, the husband worked in his fathers business, gradually assuming increasing responsibility for its day-to-day operations, while the wife assumed the traditional role of housewife and mother. At issue on this appeal is whether the Supreme Court properly determined that certain property acquired by the husband through gifts and bequests remained his separate property, even though some separate funds were initially commingled with marital funds, or used for the support of both parties. Also at issue on appeal is the propriety of several provisions of the judgment of divorce which relate to the husbands financial obligations to the wife. For the reasons which follow, we find that the court properly determined that the property to which the husband had title at the time of the trial was separate property not subject to equitable distribution. We find, however, that under the circumstances of this case, the judgment should be modified, inter alia, to reduce the amount of permanent maintenance awarded to the wife.