Legal Opinion
Collins v. Johnson
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided February 23, 1973PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRichard W. Wallach, J.
We learned from the United States Supreme Court (Estin v. Estin, 334 U. S. 541, and Vanderbilt v. Vanderbilt, 354 U. S. 416) that economically speaking and from the support point of view a husband can have two wives at a time. This case demonstrates that economically speaking a wife can have two husbands at a time, even where, as here, an inducement to the creation of husband No. l’s support obligation included an interspousal bargain for an immediate divorce.
Twenty-three years to the day after their marriage in 1944 and on June 9, 1967, plaintiff and her former husband entered into a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Estin v. EstinSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Vanderbilt v. VanderbiltSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Galusha v. . GalushaNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Graham v. HunterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
- Gush v. GushNew York Supreme Court · 1958
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Scibetta v. Scibetta-GalluzzoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Alexandre v. DavisNew York Supreme Court · 1976
- Culhane v. CulhaneSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
- Jessup v. WeirAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Michael Charles Fries v. Patricia Ann FriesCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2000