Child SupportDivorcePost Divorce IssuesProperty DivisionSpousal MaintenanceMaintenance and Child Support Payments to First Spouse Are Not Recoverable By Second Wife in Divorce
The Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court announced in a pair of cases that marital funds which were used to pay the separate obligations of one of the parties during the marriage could not be recouped in the divorce. This is a far reaching decision because, for instance, a second wife cannot now recover...