Before the days of No Fault Divorce in New York, a warring Brooklyn couple was ordered to erect a wall in their home to divide the feuding couple, as neither of them would move out and there were complications in the granting of their divorce. When they first filed for divorce in 2005, the New York State Laws required proof of fault, to which neither of the couple would admit to.
A feuding New York City couple who built a wall through their house, because neither one would move out, has finally been granted a divorce - and been ordered to sell the home.
Now the couple has been finally granted a divorce, and ordered to sell their Brorough Park home, after six years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees.
The wife had apparently kicked the husband out of their three-story Brownstone in Brooklyn in 2005. With the stalling of the divorce proceedings, Simon Taub requested that a dividing wall be erected in their Borough Park Brownstone in order to separate the living arrangements of the feuding pair.
The judge complied, and the husband quickly hired a construction company to erect the $500 wall, which wasn't constricted until the following year, following an unsuccessful appeal by Chana taub.
In a ruling made on Wednesday, Brooklyn state Supreme Court Justice Matthew D'Emic ordered the couple to sell the divided house and two other properties and split the profits. Simon Taub was ordered to pay his ex-wife about $1.5 million plus $6,000 a month, but he can keep three other buildings he owns.
Supreme Court Justice Mtthew D'Emic granted the couple a divorce after a 6 year contentious battle.
But the legal battles may not be over for Simon and Chana Taub, with Chana planning to appeal the decision, mainly because Simon Taub has not been paying the $5,200 per month mortgage. The defendant's attorney stated that the ruling took that fact into account.