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MESHOLAM v. MESHOLAM

11 N.Y.3d 24 (2008)

SOLOMON MESHOLAM, Respondent, v. ISABELLE HELENE MESHOLAM, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Glenn S. Koopersmith, Garden City (Glenn S. Koopersmith of counsel), for appellant.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH and JONES concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PIGOTT, J.

The question is whether in this case the commencement of a prior, discontinued divorce action may serve as the valuation date for marital property for purposes of equitable distribution in a later divorce action. We hold that it may not.

The parties were married in 1969. The wife commenced an action for divorce in 1994. The husband answered, but did not counterclaim...

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