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TORNESE v. TORNESE

233 A.D.2d 316 (1996)

649 N.Y.S.2d 177

Helen A. Tornese, Respondent, v. John Tornese, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

November 4, 1996

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The defendant's contention that the trial court erred in finding that he and the plaintiff had entered into a valid common-law marriage in Pennsylvania is without merit. It is well settled that although abolished in New York, "a common-law marriage contracted in a sister State will be recognized as valid here if it is valid where contracted" (Matter of Mott v Duncan Petroleum...

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