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HUSBAND’S PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF STOCK DID NOT LOSE THEIR SEPARATE-PROPERTY CHARACTER WHEN THEY WERE BRIEFLY PLACED IN THE PARTIES’ JOINT BANK ACCOUNT BEFORE BEING USED FOR THE DOWNPAYMENT FOR THE MARITAL RESIDENCE (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined funds from the husband’s sale of stock were his separate property, even though the funds were briefly placed in a joint account before using them for the down payment on the marital residence:

… [D]efendant offered uncontroverted testimony, supported by documentary evidence, that he placed funds acquired from the sale of stocks he had purchased prior to the marriage into the parties’ joint bank account because it was his only checking account and he could not access the funds directly from the platform from which he sold the stock … . The funds remained in the account for only a matter of weeks before defendant withdrew a majority of them to pay a portion of the down payment for the marital home … . Thus, defendant established that the account was used “only as a conduit” for the sale of his stock … . The funds therefore maintained their character as separate property, and defendant is entitled to a credit for his portion of the down payment … . LaPoint v Claypoole, 2021 NY Slip Op 03947, Fourth Dept 6-17-21

 

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