Balconi v. Dvascas

*686OPINION OF THE COURT

John Manning Regan, J.

In this action to recover possession of real property under RPAPL article 7, the landlord petitioner seeks to evict the tenant respondent and her seven-year-old child for partial nonpayment of rent amounting to $200. Respondent has resided at the rented premises with her daughter since June of 1986, at which time she signed a rental agreement providing for payment of $340 monthly rent payable on the first of each month.

In March of 1986, by decree of a court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, respondent was divorced from her husband, an enlisted…