Case Name: Ruth E. Valade, Respondent, v. Lawrence P. Valade, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-05-07
Citations: 261 A.D.2d 881
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ruth E. Valade, Respondent, v Lawrence P. Valade, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 261
Pages: 881–882

Head Matter:
Ruth E. Valade, Respondent, v Lawrence P. Valade, Appellant.
[689 NYS2d 593]

Opinion:
-^-Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court lacked authority to distribute the marital property in this action for separation because such an action does not result in the dissolution of the marriage {see, Domestic Relations Law § 200, 236 [B] [5]). We modify the judgment, therefore, by vacating those decretal paragraphs that distribute the marital property. (Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Oneida County, Tenney, J. — Matrimonial.) Present — Denman, P. J., Green, Pigott, Jr., Scudder and Callahan, JJ.