Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York June 18, 2014 (Cristando v. Lozada)

In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Bruno, J.), entered January 4, 2013, which, upon a decision of the same court dated December 11, 2012, made after a nonjury trial, and upon denying his request to abate the action based on the death of the wife, inter alia, awarded the defendant the sum of $70,986.