Harris v. Harris

Plaintiff moves for permission to file with the Conciliation Bureau a late notice of commencement of this divorce action.

This divorce was commenced by service on September 20,1967 of a summons on defendant at Watertown, New York. Notice of commencement of the action was mailed to the Conciliation Bureau of the Sixth Judicial District on October 6, 1967. Because the notice had not been filed by plaintiff’s attorney within 10 days of the commencement of the action the Conciliation Commissioner properly rejected it.

Subdivision a of section 215-c of the Domestic Relations Law provides: ‘ ‘ Within…