Order reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and proceeding dismissed. No fact findings have been considered.
Section 236 of the Domestic Relations Law specifically precludes an award of support to a wife where there had been proof of misconduct by her which would constitute grounds for a separation or divorce (see Hessen v Hessen,
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