MELVIN v. MELVIN

4805N, 302247/15.

154 A.D.3d 596 (2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 07421

63 N.Y.S.3d 48

WALTER MELVIN, Respondent, v. SARAH MELVIN, Appellant.

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

Decided October 24, 2017.


The wife argues that charitable contributions totaling approximately $1.5 million, reflected on the parties' joint tax returns from 2011 through 2015, were made without her consent. However, she does not deny that she signed the tax returns under penalty of perjury, that the charity receiving the contributions was a bona fide nonprofit organization, and that the marital estate received a benefit from the contributions in the form of tax deductions. Although the wife claims...

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