Case Name: In the Matter of Jerome Fisch, Respondent, v. Dorothy Aiken, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-07-20
Citations: 252 A.D.2d 556
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Jerome Fisch, Respondent, v Dorothy Aiken, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 252
Pages: 556–557

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Jerome Fisch, Respondent, v Dorothy Aiken, Appellant.
[675 NYS2d 885]

Opinion:
—In a special proceeding pursuant to CPLR 5206 (e) to direct the sale of a homestead, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (DiBlasi, J.), entered June 23, 1997, which granted the petition:
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
It is well settled that in a special proceeding, where no triable issues of fact are raised, the court may make a summary determination on the pleadings and papers submitted as if a motion for summary judgment were before it (see, CPLR 409 [b]; Matter of Friends World Coll, v Nicklin, 249 AD2d 393; Matter of Bahar v Schwartzreich, 204 AD2d 441).
Here, the appellant's affidavit merely presents a feigned factual issue designed to avoid the consequences of the petitioner's documentary evidence (see, Glick & Dolleck v Tri-Pac Export Corp., 22 NY2d 439; Capraro v Staten Is. Univ. Hosp., 245 AD2d 256; Garvin v Rosenberg, 204 AD2d 388). The Supreme Court, therefore, correctly decided the petition without a hearing.
The appellant's remaining contentions are either without merit or are unpreserved for appellate review. O'Brien, J. P., Santucci, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.