Legal Opinion
Boronow v. Boronow
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 11, 1988PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
We agree with the Appellate Division that ¿ party to a concluded matrimonial action, who had a full and fair opportunity to contest title to the former marital home, is barred by res judicata principles from subsequently and separately reopening that issue. The discretionary authority reposed in the courts under Domestic Relations Law § 234 is not to the contrary and may not be read as conferring unilateral and unfettered options on parties in this respect. We thus affirm.
Appellant Yvette Boronow, a French citizen, moved to New York from Puerto Rico in 1949 at…
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