Carr v. Carr

OPINION OF THE COURT

Cooke, J.

We hold that, in the absence of "minimum contacts”, New York courts have no jurisdiction over the nonresident second wife of a deceased husband, where the first wife seeks to obtain a declaration as to the validity of the first marriage.

*272Plaintiff Ann Carr, a resident of New York, alleges that she married decedent Paul Carr in Nevada on November 16, 1956. The couple lived in a number of marital abodes in various countries incidental to Paul’s tenure with the United States Foreign Service. In 1965 Ann, citing the harsh treatment she received at the hands of her…