Court Opinion

ID: 5716568
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 16:03:14.632045+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:40:37.497742
License: Public Domain

On January 27, 1926 plaintiff and defendant were married. On September 28, 1936 a final judgment of divorce in favor of plaintiff was entered in Nassau County, which did not contain an express prohibition forbidding defendant’s remarriage without permission of the court. On June 26, 1937 defendant married Beatrice Y. Field in New Jersey. On September 12, 1950 she died. Without obtaining an order modifying the 1936 divorce judgment to permit his remarriage in New York, defendant and Esther Connell Newins (an appellant-respondent herein) were married on February 10, 1959 in Suffolk County, defendant having stated in his application for the marriage license that this was his second marriage, that his former wife was dead, that he had not been divorced, and that there was no legal impediment to his right to marry. On April 30, 1959 said appellant-respondent gave birth to a daughter, Lenore Rosemary Newins. On July 1, 1959 defendant died. On September 24, 1959 an ex parte order was made on the application of said appellant-respondent modifying the September 28, 1936 judgment of divorce, nunc pro tune as of February 6, 1959, permitting defendant to remarry in New York. The appeals are from an order entered December 2, 1959 vacating the ex parte order of September 24, 1959. The motion was granted on the authority of Merrick v. Merrick (266 N. Y. 120). Order affirmed, without costs. No opinion. Nolan, P. J., Beldock, Ughetta, Christ and Pette, JJ., concur.