Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York February 21, 2012 (Ashmore v. Ashmore)

The plaintiff (hereinafter the mother) and the defendant (hereinafter the father) were married on July 26, 1997, when the mother was 19 years old and the father was 20 years old. They have three minor children. The mother commenced this action for a divorce and ancillary relief on October 19, 2007.