Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York December 26, 2002 (Wojewodzic v. Wojewodzic)

—Cardona, P.J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Dawson, J.) ordering, inter alia, equitable distribution of the parties’ marital property and maintenance, entered October 11, 2001 in Essex County, upon a decision of the court.

*986After approximately 20 years of marriage, plaintiff commenced this action for divorce in February 1999.