GRESCHLER v. GRESCHLER


51 N.Y.2d 368 (1980)

Helen Greschler, Appellant, v. Jerome Greschler, Respondent. Attorney-General of the State of New York, Intervenor-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Kadish for appellant.

Joseph Heller for respondent.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Robert J. Schack and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), in his statutory capacity under section 71 of the Executive Law.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur; Judge MEYER taking no part.


JASEN, J.

In this action seeking a declaration that a Dominican Republic divorce decree and the separation agreement incorporated therein are void, we are called upon to decide the extent to which recognition must be accorded a foreign divorce decree in an action seeking to set aside a provision of a separation agreement incorporated into such decree.

The Greschlers were married on June 26, 1955. On August...

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