Bryan v. Bryan

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Judith Gische, J.), entered April 13, 2000, which, inter alia, granted plaintiffs motion to enjoin defendant from proceeding with a divorce action commenced by him in the State of Texas, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The injunction is warranted by a strong showing that although defendant had strong ties in Texas, he did not have a bona fide residence there at the time he commenced his divorce action (see, Vanneck v Vanneck, 49 NY2d 602, 608). Moreover, New York has the greater interest in and contacts with the *689matrimonial litigation (see, Gersten v…