Legal Opinion
Lynn v. Lynn
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 8, 1951PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFtjld, J.
The primary question posed is whether the doctrine of “ divisible divorce ”, heretofore enunciated and applied in cases where the out-of-state divorce decree was granted to the husband ex parte, is to be extended to cover situations where the wife appeared in the divorce proceedings.
Plaintiff and defendant, married in New York City in 1926, were separated by a decree of the Supreme Court of this state rendered in favor of plaintiff wife in January of 1942, upon findings that defendant had willfully abandoned her without cause or justification. The judgment also awarded plaintiff custody of…
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