Field v. Field

Plaintiff husband’s action for separation was dismissed at the close of the plaintiff’s case. However the court still has before it defendant wife’s application for alimony and counsel fees and plaintiff’s application for a sale of the marital home, owned by the parties as tenants by the entirety, and for a division of the household furnishings.

Although the precise issue presented by defendant’s application, that is, whether a wife who seeks no affirmative relief in a matrimonial action but simply successfully defends against an action by her husband is entitled to an award of permanent…