Unanimously reversed, in the exercise of discretion and the interest of justice, and the matter remanded to Trial Term, Bronx County, with a direction to appoint counsel to represent defendant-appellant wife in the action without charge for that service, without costs and without disbursements.
Appellant's complete indigency is established, and she is undoubtedly a "poor person" (CPLR 1101, subd [a]). In the circumstances, counsel should have been assigned in accordance...
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