Order reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and motion denied.
The Family Court held, as a matter of law, that it had no jurisdiction to consider the support petition of a wife who was not a public charge when it appeared that she was living with her husband and their minor child in the same house. Under section 236 of the Domestic Relations Law, a court may direct support in an appropriate case even when the parties are occupying the same abode. While...
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