Miralles v. Miralles

In this action by plaintiff husband for an absolute divorce on the ground of abandonment, the defendant wife has neither appeared nor answered. Upon the completion of plaintiff’s evidence, this court found that a cause *790of action for divorce had been established and that plaintiff is entitled to an absolute divorce as prayed for in his complaint. In addition, however, the plaintiff in his complaint also seeks judgment (a) awarding the custody of the infant child of the marriage to the defendant wife and (b) determining “ pursuant to § 234 of Domestic Relations Law, that the plaintiff have…