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Apparently, putting a wall in the middle of your home because you hate your spouse so much isn't enough to convince a jury you should be granted a divorce. A jury told Chana and Simon Taub, a Borough Park couple who were squabbling over a separation and divorce to the point where Simon Taub, who refused to move out of their plush home, built a wall in the middle in the December, they couldn't separate.
According to the Daily News, Chana Taub had requested a jury trial because "she thought she would get a fairer hearing." She said that Simon Taub abused her and their children testified against him. Both Taubs were shocked with the Tuesday evening verdict: Simon Taub said, "There is a God. God is great," while Chana Taub said, "I didn't think I was hearing it right." And, yes, the Taubs also voiced concerns the other was trying to kill him/her:
"I'm scared. She could be hiring a hit man," said Simon Taub, 58, a millionaire sweater mogul.The Taubs want to get a divorce, but the big issue seems to be how the assets are divided. Chana Taub wants an "equitable distribution" of their fortune, but Simon Taub doesn't want to give up that much (or submit to claims that he abused her). And yesterday, Chana Taub went to tell a judge her husband punched her in the right eye while Simon Taub went to get an order of protection from her."I'm very scared," said Chana Taub, 57. "He's told people he's going to get rid of me."
Photograph of Simon Taub in the divided house by Seth Wenig/AP
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What a greedy pig.
New York is the only the state that does not have “No-Fault" divorce.
If New York did not force divorcing parties to prove grounds, but instead allowed for a no-fault divorce, cases like this, where the parties are in a "dead" marriage, but are compelled to remain married, would not occur.
While this jury probably gave the parties what they really deserved (being stuck to each other), the result is a terrible waste of judicial resources and time. The parties wasted precious Court trial time and now are further burdening the Family Court with their suspect petitions seeking orders of protection.
All this could have been avoided if New York recognized irreconcilable differences as a basis for divorce.
Daniel Clement
NYdivorcereport.com
oh wait, they're from brooklyn.