Legal Opinion
Pearson v. Pearson
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 23, 1987PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The judgment of Family Court and the prior nonfinal Appellate Division order brought up for review should be affirmed, with costs.
New York is not constitutionally required to give full faith and credit to a foreign judgment which is not final under that State’s laws (see, Barber v Barber, 323 US 77; Sistare v Sistare, 218 US 1, 16), and the New Hampshire judgment at issue here is not final since it is modifiable under New Hampshire law (see, NH Rev Stat Annot § 458:19; Morphy v Morphy, 112 NH *921507, 298 A2d 580). Family Court, by granting petitioner’s…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sistare v. SistareSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Barber v. BarberSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Silver v. SilverNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Morphy v. MorphySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1972
- Wertheimer v. WertheimerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
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