Legal Opinion
Fox v. Fox
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 29, 1960PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonald S. Taylor, J.
This is a divorce action tried by the court without a jury on the stipulation of the parties in which the plaintiff relies upon the invalidity of the defendant’s second marriage as proof of his adulterous conduct. It is her contention that the decree of divorce which he obtained against her in the State of Alabama is void on jurisdictional grounds.
The Alabama decree which dissolved the plaintiff’s marriage is entitled to full faith and credit in this State and the sanctity of it will yield only to a determination that the jurisdictional facts upon which it rests did not exist. If plaintiff is…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- In Re Revocation of Ancillary Letters Testamentary of the Estate of NewcombNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Hooke v. HookeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Long v. LongAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
- Levy v. LevySupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Claim of Best v. L. J. F. Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964
- Wood v. WoodNew York City Family Court · 1980