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Sheinberg v. Sheinberg

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jul 8, 1999
263 A.D.2d 383 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

July 8, 1999.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jacqueline Silbermann, J.), entered May 19, 1998, which, inter alia, dissolved the parties' marriage, awarded plaintiff wife $47,500 in equitavle distribution and found that defendant husband's interest in the wife's pension was permanently waived, unanimously modified, on the law and the facts, solely to the extent of vacating those portions of the judgment dealing with equitable distribution and pension benefits and remanding for further hearing on those matters, and otherwise affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

PRESENT: Nardelli, J.P., Williams, Tom, Lerner and Friedman, JJ.


In the report accepted by the lAS Court, the Referee found that defendant husband had "waived" any interest in the wife's pension and that the husband was "holding $90,000," which was marital property subject to equitable distribution, and that he owned a Growth Plus Account worth $5,000, which also was marital property. However, the record was insufficient to support the Referee's findings. The only evidence in the record as to the $90,000 indicates that it was an inheritance from defendant's father in Israel. Further, the record is essentially silent on the origin of the money in the Growth Plus Account. Additionally, while the Referee held that the husband was not entitled to an equitable share of the pension since any claim has been "permanently waived," the record reveals no such waiver.

Accordingly, the matter should be remanded for further discovery and a new hearing as to the equitable distribution and to calculate the husband's interest in the pension ( see, Majauskas v. Majauskas, 61 N.Y.2d 481).

We have examined the remaining contentions of defendant and find them to be without merit.


Summaries of

Sheinberg v. Sheinberg

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jul 8, 1999
263 A.D.2d 383 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

Sheinberg v. Sheinberg

Case Details

Full title:ELIZABETH SHEINBERG, Respondent, v. MORDECHAI SHEINBERG, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jul 8, 1999

Citations

263 A.D.2d 383 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
691 N.Y.S.2d 775