Bemoaning the lack of legislative direction in determining what constitutes an “extreme hardship,” a judge in Rochester has suspended maintenance payments in a matter where the near-destitute estranged husband claimed he could no longer afford to financially assist his disabled ex-wife.
“In 2012, we live in an era of ‘extreme sports’ and ‘extreme skiing,’” Acting Supreme Court Justice Richard Dollinger (See Profile) wrote in Platt v. Platt, 2012 NY Slip Op 51583. “We debate ‘extreme politics.’ Even the New York songster Billy Joel wondered’darling I don’t know why I go to extremes.’”
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