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39 A.D.3d 466

Freihofner v. Freihofner

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 2007-04-03

Decided 2007-04-03

¶1*467In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals, as limited by his brief, from stated portions of a supplemental judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Montagnino, Ct Atty Ref), entered June 5, 2006, which, after a nonjury trial, inter alia, valued his enhanced earning capacity at the sum of $1,000,000.

¶2Ordered that the supplemental judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

¶3The Court Attorney Referee (hereinafter the Referee) providently exercised his discretion in valuing the defendant’s enhanced earning capacity which, under the circumstances, constituted a marital asset that was subject to equitable distribution (see McSparron v McSparron, 87 NY2d 275, 281-282 [1995]; O’Brien v O’Brien, 66 NY2d 576, 583-589 [1985]), at the sum of $1,000,000. Furthermore, contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Referee did not misconstrue the terms of the parties’ stipulation dated June 27, 2003, in valuing the defendant’s enhanced earning capacity (see Torres v Livorno Rest. Corp., 221 AD2d 197 [1995]).

¶4The defendant’s remaining contentions are without merit. Santucci, J.P., Krausman, Lifson and Dillon, JJ., concur.

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