Plancher v. Plancher
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtHopkins, J.
Two principal questions emerge from these cross appeals in an action for divorce based on the separation of the parties for more than two years following a decree of separation (Domestic Relations Law, § 170, subd. [5]). First, whether the statute authorizing a divorce on that ground is constitutional in the face of the rights of the defendant as a tenant by the entirety of what had been the parties’ marital home. We hold that it is. Second, whether the plaintiff may obtain disclosure of the defendant’s finances prior to the trial. We hold that disclosure is proper.
The parties were married on…
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