LEVY v. LEVY


260 A.D.2d 324 (1999)

689 N.Y.S.2d 62

MARIE M. LEVY, Respondent, v. IRA S. LEVY, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided April 29, 1999.


In view of the vast disparity in the parties' earning capacity, and the fact that plaintiff did not work outside the home for almost the entire length of this financially successful 24-year marriage, the court properly awarded plaintiff maintenance in the amount and for the duration necessary to maintain her pre-divorce standard of living (see, Hartog v Hartog, 85 N.Y.2d 36, 51-52). We find that the award of maintenance, in amounts...

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