This matrimonial action involves the first trial in this city under part B of section 236 of the Domestic Relations Law popularly referred to as the Marital Equitable Distribution Law, effective on July 19, 1980. Governor Hugh Carey, in approving this legislation, stated it "represents the most sweeping reform of the divorce laws in this State since the Divorce Reform Act of 1966." The...
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