Case Name: Gerri A. Sitler, Appellant, v. Joseph H. Sitler, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-06-01
Citations: 251 A.D.2d 319
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gerri A. Sitler, Appellant, v Joseph H. Sitler, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 251
Pages: 319–319

Head Matter:
Gerri A. Sitler, Appellant, v Joseph H. Sitler, Respondent.
[673 NYS2d 1008]

Opinion:
—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff wife appeals, as limited by her brief, from stated portions of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Gazzillo, J.; Henry, J., at trial), entered April 1, 1997, which, inter alia, awarded her maintenance in the amount of only $500 per month for five years, and then $300 per month for an additional five-year period, and directed the defendant husband to provide her with health and medical insurance for only five years.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Contrary to the plaintiff's contentions, an award of lifetime maintenance is not appropriate under these circumstances (see, Liadis v Liadis, 207 AD2d 331; cf., Borra v Borra, 218 AD2d 780).
The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit. O'Brien, J. P., Pizzuto, Joy and Florio, JJ., concur.