Relyea v. Relyea

Mercure, J.P.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Hughes, J.H.O.), entered July 17, 2002 in Schoharie County, granting plaintiff a divorce, upon a decision of the court.

*1177The parties were married in 1953. Defendant moved into a separate bedroom in 1997 and, one year later, plaintiff left the marital residence, allegedly at defendant’s request. He immediately moved in with another woman. Thereafter, plaintiff occasionally returned to the marital residence to do work on the farm and use the farm equipment. During one of these visits, defendant threatened plaintiff with a knife. On another…