Case Name: Judith Rich, Appellant, v. Robert S. Rich, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1972-11-13
Citations: 40 A.D.2d 846
Docket Number: 
Parties: Judith Rich, Appellant, v. Robert S. Rich, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 40
Pages: 846–846

Head Matter:
Judith Rich, Appellant, v. Robert S. Rich, Respondent.

Opinion:
In an uncontested action to annul a marriage upon the ground of fraud, plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered June 1, 1972, which dismissed the complaint after a nonjury inquest. Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and judgment of annulment directed to be entered in favor of plaintiff. In our opinion, plaintiff properly and adequately established that defendant before the marriage falsely represented to her that he intended to have children; that defendant then knew such representations to be false and fraudulent; that plaintiff believed defendant's representations, married him in reliance thereon and would not have married him if she knew he did not intend to have children; and that when defendant's true intentions surfaced, she no longer cohabited with him and thus did not cohabit with full knowledge of the facts constituting the fraud. Under the circumstances, annulment should have been granted (see Caleca v. Caleca, 278 App. Div. 771; Berger v. Berger, 73 N. Y. S. 2d 384; Mirizio v. Mirizio, 242 N. Y. 74). Martuscello, Acting P. J., Gulotta, Christ, Brennan and Benjamin, JJ., concur.