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Bethune v. Bethune

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 15, 1979
387 N.E.2d 1220 (N.Y. 1979)

Opinion

Argued January 11, 1979

Decided February 15, 1979

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, JAMES F. NIEHOFF, J.

L. Mifflin Hayes and Morton Mondschein for appellant.

Alexander Potruch, Kenneth Koopersmith and Michael K. Feigenbaum for respondent.


Order reversed, with costs, and the judgment of Supreme Court, Nassau County, reinstated for the reasons stated in the opinion by Mr. Justice JAMES F. NIEHOFF at Trial Term.

Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG. Judge JASEN dissents and votes to affirm in the following memorandum: I would agree with the majority at the Appellate Division that the separation agreement construed as an entity, does not mandate an open-ended obligation to provide university tuition and "living expenses" to an emancipated adult child.


Summaries of

Bethune v. Bethune

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 15, 1979
387 N.E.2d 1220 (N.Y. 1979)
Case details for

Bethune v. Bethune

Case Details

Full title:SCOTT M. BETHUNE, Appellant, v. ALEXANDER J. BETHUNE, Respondent

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 15, 1979

Citations

387 N.E.2d 1220 (N.Y. 1979)
387 N.E.2d 1220
414 N.Y.S.2d 905

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