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MATTER OF BLISS v. BLISS

66 N.Y.2d 382 (1985)

In the Matter of Virginia R. Bliss, Appellant, v. Richard M. Bliss, Respondent. In the Matter of Kay C. Collyer, Respondent, v. Robert B. Proper, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Noreen M. Giusti and Larry A. Sonnenshein of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled proceeding.

William G. O'Donnell and Stuart F. Gartner for respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Kenneth J. Connolly for appellant in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Daniel S. Ross for respondent in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE and TITONE concur.

ALEXANDER, J.

A former husband who seeks to terminate his support obligations pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 248 by alleging that his former wife is cohabiting with another man must demonstrate both cohabitation and conduct by the former wife amounting to a "holding out" that she is married to her paramour. Accordingly, in Matter of Bliss v Bliss there...

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