Case Name: Irene Koch, Respondent, v. Emmerich Koch, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-10-13
Citations: 254 A.D.2d 106
Docket Number: 
Parties: Irene Koch, Respondent, v Emmerich Koch, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 106–106

Head Matter:
Irene Koch, Respondent, v Emmerich Koch, Appellant.
[678 NYS2d 622]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Jack Turret, J.H.O.), entered on or about June 16, 1997, which, after a nonjury trial, granted plaintiff a divorce on the ground of abandonment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The finding of abandonment, which rests largely on considerations relating to witness credibility, is supported by a fair interpretation of the evidence (see, Thoreson v Penthouse Intl., 80 NY2d 490, 495), including plaintiffs testimony that defendant left the marital residence in 1982 without her consent and never returned. Concur — Milonas, J. P., Rosenberger, Wallach, Tom and Mazzarelli, JJ.