Legal Opinion

Brocato v. Brocato

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 26, 1987PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff wife appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Abrams, J.), dated February 24, 1986, which, in effect, denied those branches of her motion which were for leave to enter a judgment of divorce by default and for an inquest on the financial issues, referred that branch of her motion which was for interim appraisal and accounting fees to the trial court, and granted the defendant husband leave to serve an answer.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion, with costs, the plaintiff’s…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Carella v. CarellaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  2. Purdy v. PurdyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Ducharme v. DucharmeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  2. O'Sullivan v. O'SullivanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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