Smith v. Smith

In this action for divorce on the ground of defendant’s alleged adultery, plaintiff moves to amend the complaint to plead an additional cause of action based upon abandonment. Defendant wife has appeared and answered by counsel and the action is now on the calendar of this court awaiting trial. No papers have been submitted in opposition to this application.

The action was commenced in March, 1965, prior to the enactment of the “ Divorce Reform Law ”, chapter 254 of the Laws of 1966. At the time the action was initiated, only adultery was a recognizable ground for divorce, pursuant to section…