Court Opinion

ID: 9657330
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 20:21:05.415523+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:43.444190
License: Public Domain

WARNER, J.,
dissenting.
I would hold that the Marital Agreement as written was unambiguous and contemplated the exchange of the sum for equitable distribution for the wife’s waiver of any rights in the husband’s New York property. The agreement did not contemplate the sale of the New York property. Instead, it confirmed that the property would remain the sole property of the husband. He could have obtained a mortgage on it to satisfy the wife’s equitable distribution payment, but he did not. The fact that the husband thought he would sell his property to secure the funds is immaterial. The *129money was due when the wife waived her rights to the property. Therefore, she was entitled to a money judgment for the unpaid sum together with interest.