Beckett v. Beckett

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Doran, J.), entered December 9, 1986 in Saratoga County, which denied plaintiffs motion to proceed as a poor person.

Approximately three months after being transferred by the Commissioner of Correctional Services to a correctional facility in Saratoga County, plaintiff commenced a divorce action against defendant and moved to proceed as a poor person. Although no evidence was presented indicating that either *969plaintiff or defendant had any prior contacts with Saratoga County, plaintiff commenced the action there and sought to have that county pay his…