Pelt v. Pelt

In a matrimonial action, the plaintiff wife appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schneier, J.), dated September 29, 1989, which granted the nonparty-respondent’s motion to direct that the judgment of divorce be entered nunc pro tunc as of January 20, 1988.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In this matrimonial action, the Supreme Court, on January 20, 1988, upon the uncontested withdrawal of the defendant husband’s answer and after an inquest on the plaintiff first wife’s complaint, stated that a "judgment of divorce [is] granted” to the first wife and directed…