Opinion
June 22, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Costello, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The bank accounts in controversy were established by the defendant for the parties' three children. The funds which were deposited in each account originated as gifts from third parties. Since money given by a third party to a child and held in an account in the name of one of the parents for the benefit of the child is not marital property ( see, Knox v. Knox, 82 A.D.2d 824), the court's determination was proper.
The plaintiffs remaining contentions are without merit.
Mangano, P.J., Bracken, Krausman and McGinity, JJ., concur.