| Sofien v Noel |
| 2009 NY Slip Op 02145 [60 AD3d 1387] |
| March 20, 2009 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Lillian Sofien, Plaintiff, and Judith Diane Noel, Appellant, vCharles Philip Noel, Respondent. |
—[*1] Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP, Buffalo (Bridget M. O'Connell of counsel), fordefendant-respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Niagara County (Ralph A. Boniello, III, J.),entered January 25, 2008. The order denied the request of plaintiff Judith Diane Noel formaintenance.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Contrary to the contention of Judith Diane Noel (plaintiff), Supreme Courtdid not abuse its discretion in adopting the report and decision of the Matrimonial Refereedeclining to award her maintenance (see generally Holmes v Holmes, 25 AD3d 931, 932[2006]). The Matrimonial Referee properly determined, after considering the predivorce standardof living as well as the other factors set forth in Domestic Relations Law § 236 (B) (6) (a),that an award of maintenance to plaintiff was not warranted (see Boardman v Boardman,300 AD2d 1110 [2002]). Present—Scudder, P.J., Smith, Peradotto, Carni and Green, JJ.