Unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the matter remanded for a hearing on the issue of whether the foreign country divorce decree is modifiable and whether New York should exercise discretion and retain jurisdiction.
Plaintiff-appellant, a Swiss citizen, instituted suit in New York to collect child support arrearage allegedly accrued by reason of the terms of a Swiss divorce decree. Appellant obtained an ex parte order attaching defendant's realty...
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