Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
The general rule is that a spouse is relieved of the common-law duty to supply the other spouse with necessaries during the pendency of a support order, because the order fixes the amount of the liability for support (see, Dravecka v Richard, 267 N.Y. 180). In Cassese v Cassese (
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