Peng v. Su Hsieh

OPINION OF THE COURT

Matthew F. Cooper, J.

The issue before the court is whether this State must accord full faith and credit to a judgment of divorce previously entered in California where the petitioner in that proceeding appeared for and lost a motion to dismiss on personal jurisdiction grounds and later failed to appear at trial. Defendant husband moves for summary judgment on his counterclaim interposed in this action for divorce that was commenced in New York by plaintiff wife. Defendant seeks dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint on the basis of a final judgment of divorce having been…