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Saita v Ulrich 2008 NY Slip Op 31852(U) July 2, 2008 Supreme Court, Albany County Docket Number: 0065872/0051 Judge: Joseph C. Teresi Republished from New York State Unified Court System's E-Courts Service. Search E-Courts (http://www.nycourts.gov/ecourts) for any additional information on this case. This opinion is uncorrected and not selected for official publication.

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STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT SIND! M. SAlTA,

COUNTY OF ALBANY

Plaintiff,
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DECISION and ORDER INDEX NO. 6587-05 RJI NO. 01-07-088581 Defendant. Supreme Court Albany County All Purpose Term, April 30, 2008 Assigned to Justice Joseph C. Teresi

JOHN J. ULRICH,

APPEARANCES: Deborah H. Sheehan, Esq. Attorney for the Plointiff 20 West Meadow Drive Albany, New York 12203 Sommers & Sommers, LLP Andrew C. Sommers, Esq. Attorneys for the Defendant

7 Thurlow Terrace
Albany, New York 12203 TERESI, J.: It is undisputed that the Plaintiff and Defendant were engaged to be married in 1996 or 1997. Upon their engagement Defendant gave to Plaintiff a diamond engagement ring. The parties engagement broke off in or about December 2002, and Defendant took back the engagement ring. The parties, however, continued to reside together until sometime in 2004. While the parties were engaged, the Defendant purchased two pieces of rea! estate in his name alone. The first parcel is located in Voorheesville, New York (purchased in 1997) and the second one is in Palm Beach, Florida (purchased in 2000). Plaintiff contributed significant

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amounts of money for the purchase of both parcels of real estate at the closing oftitIe and also paid portions of the mortgages and up-keep expenses for both parcels during the course of the engagement. Additionally, Plaintiff paid the monthly car payments for a Jeep Wrangler owned
by Defendant and at least part of the Defendant's Albany County Club membership, all while the

parties were engaged to be manied. Plaintiff commenced this action to recover the monies she expended. She currently claims that her complaint is grounded in a theory under Civil Rights Law

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