Deason v. Deason

This is an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered May 4, 1972 in Albany County, which denied appellant’s motion to proceed as a poor person in a divorce action and to compel the County of Albany to pay certain expenses of her action including the cost of service of a summons by publication.

Appellant and her son are recipients of public assistance in Albany County and it is not contradicted that the $220' per month they receive is their sole source of income and that appellant has no available property upon which to draw. Appellant, who married defendant on June 7,…