Case Name: Florence Mazzarelli, Appellant, v. Nicholas Mazzarelli, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1978-05-02
Citations: 44 N.Y. 801
Docket Number: 
Parties: Florence Mazzarelli, Appellant, v Nicholas Mazzarelli, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 801–802

Head Matter:
Florence Mazzarelli, Appellant, v Nicholas Mazzarelli, Respondent.
Submitted March 20, 1978;
decided May 2, 1978
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Barry M. Fallick and David A. Goldstein for appellant.
Bernard Dworkin for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order appealed from should be affirmed, with costs. The Appellate Division has found, with regard to the property and assets held jointly, that respondent husband successfully rebutted the presumption of a gift which arises from the act of taking title jointly in the name of both spouses (see Kover v Kover, 29 NY2d 408, 419). Reviewing this determination, as we must, in light of the realities of the situation as expressed by the record viewed as a whole, we find that the conclusion of the Appellate Division is indeed supported by the weight of the evidence, and should be sustained.
Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke concur in a memorandum.
Order affirmed.