B.S. v. F.B

In B.S. v. F.B., 25 Misc 3d 520 (Sup. Ct. Westchester Cty. 2009) the court suggested that parties may have a properly pleaded complaint for dissolution of the civil union heard by the New York State Supreme Court which possesses the general jurisdiction to hear and decide all equitable civil actions. However, because the complaint in that case sought to terminate a marriage, the court declined to hear it and, as a result, never analyzed whether New York's definition of marital property would dictate the composition of the "civil union" estate.