Legal Opinion
Wood v. Wood
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 30, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the husband appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Barone, J.), entered August 11, 1995, which granted the wife’s motion to vacate the judgment of divorce dated October 29, 1992, entered upon her default.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The principal question presented on this appeal is whether the husband effected valid service on the wife when, at the husband’s behest, a German resident personally delivered the summons and complaint to her at her residence in Germany. The Supreme Court found that the…
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