The will may finally come down.
The husband in Brooklyn's "War of the Roses" couple vowed yesterday to remove the wall that has kept the unhappy pair apart inside their Borough Park home.
"The wall goes off! Let her hire a guard," declared Simon Taub, 58, saying he wants access to the entire house now that a judge has made him responsible for all household expenses.
"If I pay everything, no more wall!"
"He's not allowed to touch it," his wife, Chana Taub, shot back. "It's a violation of my order of protection."
The couple won't get any help from exasperated Supreme Court Judge Carolyn Demarest, who washed her hands of them yesterday. Demarest said she will not "micromanage" the couple, whose fight began two years ago when Chana Taub filed for divorce on grounds of "cruel and inhuman treatment."
Simon, a millionaire sweater mogul, refused to move out of their Borough Park home. Then, in a ruling last year, another judge let him stay, provided he built a Sheetrock wall to separate their living spaces.
During a 10-day divorce trial in March, Chana Taub claimed her husband had attacked her with everything from a telephone to a treadmill. Their four children testified against him. But in a rare decision, the jury refused to dissolve the 21-year marriage.
So, Chana Taub, 57, asked Demarest for temporary alimony and child support.
"There is no divorce. Mr. Taub is going to support the home for the family," the judge declared. "You can keep that wall up for all I care. This is over!"
Chana Taub is considering an appeal.
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