WILLIAMS v. WILLIAMS

This was a marriage of long duration, some 24 years. The parties entered into it with very few assets and the record shows that the contribution of each spouse to the marriage, financial and otherwise, was essentially equal. The defendant paid for the mortgage, the bulk of the household expenses and some tuition while plaintiff paid for most of the children's private school tuition, acted as homemaker and paid for some household expenses. Under the circumstances, therefore, an equal distribution of the marital property would be the more equitable disposition herein.

Concur — Murphy, P.J., Wallach, Nardelli, Tom and Colabella, JJ.