Tworkowski v. Tworkowski

OPINION OF THE COURT

Virginia E. Yancey, J.

During the trial on plaintiff wife Andrea M. Tworkowski’s cause of action for divorce, held on June 15, 1999, the wife’s counsel asked her a question about whether her husband Lawrence F. Tworkowski continuously lived with her at an address on Wyckoff Street in Brooklyn. The defendants objected to this question, arguing that CPLR 4519 does not allow the wife to testify about a personal transaction or communication between herself and her mentally ill husband. The wife countered with her argument that CPLR 4519 is not a valid objection to her proposed…