SMILEY v. SMILEY


45 A.D.2d 785 (1974)

James S. Smiley, Sr., Plaintiff, v. Rhonda L. T. Smiley, Respondent, and County of Tompkins, Appellant. (Action No. 1.) Betty Monroe, Respondent, v. Edward F. Monroe, Defendant, and County of Tompkins, Appellant. (Action No. 2.)

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

June 20, 1974


The essential facts are not in dispute. The petitioners are parties to separate matrimonial actions. They are indigent and were initially represented by the Cornell Legal Aid. It developed that there were certain conflicts of interest between petitioners as clients and Cornell Legal Aid, and the latter withdrew from the cases. The instant motion was then brought seeking an order permitting petitioners to proceed as poor persons and assigning attorneys to represent each, and...

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