CHARPIÉ v. CHARPIÉ


271 A.D.2d 169 (2000)

710 N.Y.S.2d 363

MICHELINE CHARPIÉ, Appellant, v. PIERRE A. L. CHARPIÉ, Respondent.

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

July 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Field of counsel (Field, Lomenzo & Turret, P. C., attorneys), for appellant.

Joan L. Ellenbogen of counsel (Ellenbogen & Goldstein, P. C., attorneys), for respondent.

ROSENBERGER, J. P., ELLERIN, BUCKLEY and FRIEDMAN, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SAXE, J.

Much has been said about the postdivorce gender gap, in which men's standard of living increases and women's decreases after a divorce (see, e.g., Weitzman, The Economic Consequences of Divorce are Still Unequal, 61 Am Soc Rev 537 [1996]; Braver, The Gender Gap In Standard of Living After Divorce: Vanishing Small?, 33 Fam L Q 111 [1999]). Recognizing the economic realities that women frequently earn less...

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