Boynton v. Boynton

The IAS Court properly exercised its discretion in enjoining the New York action brought by the wife upon a finding of preseparation contacts by the parties with Connecticut that were not so insubstantial as to indicate that the husband’s claim of post-separation residency there was less than bona fide, or that the action he brought there was motivated by an intent to harass the wife or other bad-faith motive (see, Vanneck v Vanneck, 49 NY2d 602, 608; Ackerman v Ackerman, 219 AD2d 515). Among other things, the parties have owned a second home in Connecticut for much of the marriage, have…