KLEIN v. SHIELDS


115 A.D.2d 19 (1986)

Esther Klein, Respondent-Appellant, v. Nathan Shields, as Conservator of the Property of Harris J. Klein, Appellant-Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 25, 1986


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Seiser of counsel (Morgenstern, Winnick & Cuneo, attorneys), for respondent-appellant.

Irving Shafran for appellant-respondent.

KUPFERMAN, J. P., SANDLER, SULLIVAN and ASCH, JJ., concur.


KASSAL, J.

Harris and Esther Klein were married on December 15, 1930, and separated 15 years later, in 1945. In 1945, Harris obtained an invalid, unilateral Mexican divorce and married his present wife, Celia. In December 1957, a judgment of separation was entered in favor of Esther on the ground of abandonment, awarding her alimony in the sum of $475 per week, which was thereafter reduced to $300 per week on...

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