Bernstein v. Bernstein

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date filed: 1957-04-22
Citations: 3 A.D.2d 857, 163 N.Y.S.2d 373, 1957 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5774
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Lead Opinion

Appeal from an order of the Domestic Relations Court of the City of New York, Family Court Division, Kings County, made after trial, directing appellant to pay $85 a month for the support of respondent on “means basis”. Appellant’s principal contention is that the Domestic Relations Court lacked jurisdiction because the marriage of the parties had bees

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dissolved by a Florida decree of divorce, obtained by him in 1938. The Domestic Relations Court found that appellant’s “ residence ” in Florida was insufficient to establish the requisite change of his domicile so as to accord jurisdiction to the Florida tribunal. Order unanimously affirmed, without costs. No opinion. Present — Beldock, Acting P. J., Murphy, Ughetta, Hallinan and Kleinfeld, JJ.