Case Name: Veya Giannuzzi, Appellant, v. Eric Kearney, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2015-04-09
Citations: 127 A.D.3d 1350
Docket Number: 
Parties: Veya Giannuzzi, Appellant, v Eric Kearney, Respondent.
Judges: Garry, Lynch and Devine, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 127
Pages: 1350–1351

Head Matter:
Veya Giannuzzi, Appellant, v Eric Kearney, Respondent.
[4 NYS3d 561]—

Opinion:
Lahtinen, J.P.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Smith, J.), entered April 25, 2014 in Broome County, which, among other things, granted defendant's motion for an award of temporary maintenance.
In April 2014, Supreme Court (Smith, J.) directed plaintiff to pay pendente lite maintenance to defendant of $3,500 per month. The current appeal is from such order. However, while the appeal was pending, Supreme Court (Reynolds Fitzgerald, J.), replaced the April 2014 order with an order in December 2014 directing plaintiff to pay pendente lite maintenance of $500 per month. Inasmuch as the relevant part of the order on appeal has been replaced by the December 2014 order, the current appeal from the April 2014 order is now moot (see e.g. Matter of Lauren L. [Cassi M.], 79 AD3d 1172, 1172 [2010]; Hayes v Hayes, 32 AD3d 1159, 1159-1160 [2006]; Batson v Batson, 277 AD2d 750, 751 [2000]). Plaintiffs contention that the amount awarded in the April 2014 order was excessive can be asserted at trial and, if meritorious, may be "considered in appropriately adjusting the equitable distribution award" (Fox v Fox, 306 AD2d 583, 584 [2003], appeal dismissed 1 NY3d 622 [2004]; see Johnson v Chapin, 12 NY3d 461, 466 [2009]).
Garry, Lynch and Devine, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, as moot, without costs.