Case Name: Margaret Wilson, Respondent, v. Robert R. Pennington, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-01-21
Citations: 301 A.D.2d 445
Docket Number: 
Parties: Margaret Wilson, Respondent, v Robert R. Pennington, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 301
Pages: 445–446

Head Matter:
Margaret Wilson, Respondent, v Robert R. Pennington, Appellant.
[752 NYS2d 887]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Lobis, J.), entered on or about August 12, 2002, which, in a proceeding seeking an award of maintenance, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant's motion to dismiss the proceeding as a matter of law, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Although the parties' divorce judgment makes no provision for the payment of maintenance, it expressly continues "jurisdiction over the issue of maintenance," and thus plainly left open the possibility of an award of maintenance in the future. In any event, there is no merit to defendant's argument that maintenance cannot be awarded as a matter of law where none was awarded originally in the divorce judgment (see Wyser-Pratte v Wyser-Pratte, 66 NY2d 715, revg 111 AD2d 99; Sass v Sass, 276 AD2d 42, 47-48). Concur — Tom, J.P., Buckley, Rosenberger, Friedman and Marlow, JJ.