JEFFREYS v. JEFFREYS


58 Misc.2d 1045 (1968)

Helen Jeffreys, Plaintiff, v. Clarence Jeffreys, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Kings County.

December 4, 1968


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel (William M. Murphy of counsel), for City of New York. Harold J. Rothwax, Stephen Wizner, Lee A. Albert and Nancy Duff Levy for plaintiff.


NATHAN R. SOBEL, J.

Helen Jeffreys is suing her husband of 14 years for divorce based on abandonment of this plaintiff and their nine children.

Living on public assistance and not possessing any income or resources "to pay the costs, fees and expenses necessary to prosecute * * * the action" (CPLR 1101) she applied for and obtained leave to prosecute as a poor person. Her counsel are acting without compensation under the Legal Services Program...

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