Legal Opinion
Matter of Jones
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 30, 2017No. 3577 250013/16Published
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Wilma Guzman, J.), entered January 27, 2016, which denied petitioner’s application for poor person relief pursuant to CPLR 1101, unanimously modified, on the law and the facts and in the exercise of discretion, to grant the application to the extent of waiving costs and fees under CPLR 1101 (d), and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
Citing Matter of Ellerby (99 Misc 2d 691 [Civ Ct, Kings County 1979]), the motion court denied petitioner’s application for poor person relief in this statutory name-change proceeding on the ground that the general common-law…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Smith v. . United States Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
- In re HalliganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- Deason v. DeasonNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- In re EllerbyCivil Court of the City of New York · 1979
- Carter v. County of ErieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998