The court is empowered to protect marital assets for equitable distribution (Domestic Relations Law § 234), and thus properly required defendant to post the escrow based upon the documentation provided of property mismanagement. The record also contains sufficient evidence to support the appointment of the receiver to preserve the marital assets and avoid their dissipation (see, Peters v Peters,
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