SASS v. SASS


276 A.D.2d 42 (2000)

716 N.Y.S.2d 686

ELIZABETH SASS, Appellant, v. ANDREW SASS, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

November 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Winter, P. C., Garden City (Marissa A. Winter of counsel), for appellant.

Long, Tuminello, Besso, Seligman, Quinlan & Werner, Bay Shore (Kevin J. Werner and Jeffrey S. Horn of counsel), for respondent.

GOLDSTEIN, LUCIANO and SMITH, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, J. P.

The parties to this matrimonial action have been divorced for over 10 years, and the former husband's obligation to pay maintenance under the terms of the judgment ended in 1994. The former wife, who is undeniably gravely ill and has become a public charge, now seeks a modification of the divorce judgment to reinstate maintenance payments pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 236 (B) (9) (b). We conclude that the statute...

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