ALBANY – A mother who showed “ability, tenacity, perseverance and hard work” in earning a law degree is obligated to pay her husband only 10 percent of the degree’s value in their divorce, an appeals court has decided.
The Appellate Division, Third Department, accepted the estimate of Victoria Esposito-Shea’s expert that the degree she earned from Notre Dame Law School added $126,000 to her earning power. The court decided her husband Bryan Shea was entitled to $12,600 for his limited contributions to the attainment of the degree.
