Order affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Special Term correctly held that the prior matrimonial judgment which dismissed plaintiff's causes of action for divorce for failure of proof, but granted defendant custody, alimony, child support and exclusive occupancy of the marital residence, cannot serve as a predicate for a conversion divorce pursuant to subdivision (5) of section 170 of the Domestic Relations Law. "Nothing less than a judicial judgment of separation...
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