Ain't No Dividing Wall High Enough to Keep Battling Couple in Shared Home Away From Litigation Fray
Chana and Simon Taub love their house. But they loathe each other, the New York Times (reg. req.) reported in 2008, after a court-ordered wall was constructed in thelr lavish Brooklyn home. It was intended to allow both to continue living there in the midst of a litigation war.
Already, at that point, the couple had spent more on their hard-fought three-year-old divorce battle than they did on their home. Bankruptcy court, civil court, family court, housing court and New York’s appellate court were all brought into the fray, as more than a dozen lawyers argued about claims of abuse, corruption, forgery, fraud, libel and perjury, the newspaper recounted.
Two years later, not much has apparently changed. Chana Taub, now 61, filed a new lawsuit yesterday in Manhattan federal court. It seeks $26 million in damages, accusing her 62-year-old husband of criminal conduct and contending that police, prosecutors, five judges and a number of former lawyers have wrongfully tried to prevent her from holding him responsible, reports the New York Post.
Meanwhile, a bankruptcy court in New York earlier this month granted Simon Taub’s emergency motion to dismiss an involuntary Chapter 7 petition brought against him by his wife and two other creditors.
In a written opinion provided by Leagle, Judge Carla Craig said she would not consider Simon Taub’s request for attorney’s fees and sanctions in an emergency hearing. However, she retained jurisdiction to consider it at a later date.
