DEE v. RAKOWER

2011-02738

112 A.D.3d 204 (2013)

976 N.Y.S.2d 470

2013 NY Slip Op 7443

LAURA DEE, Appellant, v. DENA RAKOWER, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided November 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kahn & Goldberg, LLP, New York City ( Michele Kahn of counsel), for appellant.

David P. Rubinstein, P.C., New York City, for respondent.

AUSTIN, BALKIN and COHEN, JJ., concur; DILLON, J.P., concurs in part and dissents in part, and votes to affirm the order appealed from, in a separate memorandum.


OPINION OF THE COURT

AUSTIN, J.

The parties lived together in a committed, same-sex relationship for nearly 18 years, and are the parents of two children. After the relationship ended, the plaintiff commenced this action seeking, inter alia, damages for breach of an alleged oral "joint venture/partnership" agreement whereby she would share in assets, including the defendant's retirement contributions and earnings, in exchange for leaving her full-time job...

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