Vazquez v. Vazquez

The defendant obtained a Nevada divorce. Her husband, former or otherwise, brought this action to set aside that allegedly void divorce. Defendant now moves for support for the two infant issue of the marriage and for counsel fees and other expenses she requires to defend the action.

Unanimity in the reported decisions on the arguments made here is lacking to the point of confusion. On the one hand it has been theorized that a wife can hardly be paid for defending the validity of a foreign divorce decree she unilaterally initiated and obtained (Epstein v. Epstein, 189 Misc. 978; Klosner v.…