Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2009

Sofien v. Noel

Sofien v. Noel
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 20, 2009
60 A.D.3d 1387; 874 N.Y.S.2d 839
Sofien v. Noel

Opinion of the Court

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Niagara County (Ralph A. Boniello, III, J.), entered January 25, 2008. The order denied the request of plaintiff Judith Diane Noel for maintenance.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Contrary to the contention of Judith Diane Noel (plaintiff), Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in adopting the report and decision of the Matrimonial Referee declining to award her maintenance (see generally Holmes v Holmes, 25 AD3d 931, 932 [2006]). The Matrimonial Referee properly determined, after considering the predivorce standard of living as well as the other factors set forth in Domestic Relations Law § 236 (B) (6) (a), that an award of maintenance to plaintiff was not warranted (see Boardman v Boardman, 300 AD2d 1110 [2002]). Present—Scudder, P.J., Smith, Peradotto, Garni and Green, JJ.

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