Federici v. Federici

JOYCE J.,

—This matter comes before the court on defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s divorce action. Defendant wife filed a limited appearance to contest both personal and subject matter jurisdiction of this court due. to the pendency of a prior action filed in New York by defendant.

On May 17, 1984, defendant wife filed an action in the Supreme Court of Nassau County, N.Y., seeking legal separation pursuant to section 200 of the New York Domestic Relations Law. Nassau County, N.Y. was the marital residence at the time of the filing of the above action and had been since the parties were…