SORRENTINO v. MIERZWA


25 N.Y.2d 59 (1969)

Erminia Sorrentino, Appellant, v. Verna Mierzwa, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustave Menit and Benjamin Natter for appellant.

Lloyd I. Isler for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, BERGAN, BREITEL and JASEN concur.


SCILEPPI, J.

In 1927 appellant and Alphonse G. Sorrentino (hereafter the "husband") were married in Brooklyn, New York. In 1939 the parties separated after which the husband voluntarily began to pay appellant $80 per month support for herself and their two children, then 10 and 11 years of age. In the latter part of July, 1951 the husband, having retired from the New York City Police Force, and his children having...

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