Case Name: Paul R. Patera, Appellant, v. Joan M. Patera, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-07-29
Citations: 296 A.D.2d 570
Docket Number: 
Parties: Paul R. Patera, Appellant, v Joan M. Patera, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 296
Pages: 570–571

Head Matter:
Paul R. Patera, Appellant, v Joan M. Patera, Respondent.
[745 NYS2d 722]

Opinion:
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Blydenburgh, J.), entered November 20, 2000, as directed him to pay the defendant maintenance in the sum of $200 per week for 11 years.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
It is well settled that the amount and duration of maintenance is a matter committed to the trial court's sound discretion (see Kahn v Kahn, 221 AD2d 320, 321; Feldman v Feldman, 194 AD2d 207, 217; Sperling v Sperling, 165 AD2d 338, 341). Under the circumstances presented here, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in fashioning its maintenance award (see Castiglione v Castiglione, 259 AD2d 582, 583; Morrissey v Morrissey, 259 AD2d 472). O'Brien, J.P., Krausman, Schmidt and Cozier, JJ., concur.