GLEASON v. GLEASON


32 A.D.2d 402 (1969)

Jackie Gleason, Respondent, v. Genevieve Gleason, Appellant Eli Goldstein, Appellant, v. Beatrice Goldstein, Respondent

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

July 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Malone of counsel (Angelo A. Maurino and Peter J. Kiernan with him on the brief; Parker, Duryee, Zunino, Malone & Carter, attorneys), for appellant in first above-entitled action.

Richard G. Green (Shirley Fingerhood and Veronika Kraft with him on the brief), attorney for respondent in first above-entitled action.

Paul J. Goldberg of counsel (Lewis Becker with him on the brief; Davis & Cox, attorneys), for appellant in second above-entitled action.

Irving I. Erdheim of counsel (Leonard C. Shalleck, Michael F. Erdheim and Milton P. Falk with him on the brief; Erdheim & Shalleck, attorneys), for respondent in second above-entitled action.

McNALLY and McGIVERN, JJ., concur with EAGER, J. P., in opinion by McNALLY, J.; MARKEWICH and NUNEZ, JJ., dissent in opinion.


EAGER, J. P.

There is presented on these appeals the common question of law whether subdivision (5) of section 170 of the Domestic Relations Law should be applied retroactively to authorize a divorce on the basis of a living apart of the parties pursuant to the terms of a judgment of separation rendered prior to the effective date of the Divorce Reform Law.

In Gleason, the parties, married in 1936, entered...

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