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ALTHOUGH THE MARRIAGE WAS A NULLITY, DEFENDANT IS ENTITLED TO MAINTENANCE AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined that defendant’s motion for maintenance and equitable distribution should have been granted, despite the finding that the marriage was a nullity because the plaintiff-husband was not yet legally divorced when he married defendant:

The Supreme Court erred in denying the defendant’s request for maintenance and equitable distribution on the ground that the marriage was a nullity. Domestic Relations Law § 236 expressly provides that, “[i]n any action or proceeding brought . . . during the lifetime of both parties to the marriage to . . . declare the nullity of a void marriage, . . . the court may direct either spouse to provide suitably for the support of the other” … . The statute further provides that “the court, in an action wherein all or part of the relief granted is . . . declaration of the nullity of a marriage, . . . shall determine the respective rights of the parties in their separate or marital property, and shall provide for the disposition thereof in the final judgment” … . Valente v Cabral, 2019 NY Slip Op 08241, Second Dept 11-13-19

 

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