Opinion
07-15-2015
Alison QUARTAROLO–JOHANSON, respondent, v. Roy JOHANSON, appellant.
Roy Johanson, Oyster Bay, N.Y., appellant pro se. Jonathan E. Kroll & Associates, PLLC, Garden City, N.Y. (Jason L.M. Wand of counsel), for respondent.
Roy Johanson, Oyster Bay, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Jonathan E. Kroll & Associates, PLLC, Garden City, N.Y. (Jason L.M. Wand of counsel), for respondent.
Opinion
Appeal from a judgment of divorce of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Edward A. Maron, J.), entered June 27, 2013. The judgment, insofar as appealed from, upon a decision dated March 14, 2013, made after a nonjury trial, awarded taxable maintenance to the plaintiff in the sum of $1,500 per month, commencing on July 1, 2010, and continuing until June 1, 2015, and failed to award the defendant a separate property credit in the sum of $74,019.45.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.“[T]he amount and duration of maintenance is a matter committed to the sound discretion of the trial court and every case must be determined on its unique facts” (Mazzone v. Mazzone, 290 A.D.2d 495, 736 N.Y.S.2d 683 ). Upon our review of the record, we find that the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in awarding maintenance to the plaintiff in the sum of $1,500 per month for a period of five years, retroactive to the date of commencement of the action.
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.
SKELOS, J.P., HALL, SGROI and BARROS, JJ., concur.