Steffens v. Steffens

—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, (1) the plaintiff wife appeals from stated portions of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Polizzi, J.), dated January 19, 1996, which, inter alia, denied those branches of her motion which were (a) to amend her complaint so as to add a cause of action to declare void a foreign judgment of divorce and to add an additional party defendant, (b) to strike the defendant husband’s answer and counterclaim, and (c) for an interim award of counsel fees, and (2) the defendant husband cross-appeals from stated portions of the same order.

Ordered…