Order reversed, on the law, with costs, motion granted, and complaint dismissed.
In order to establish a cause of action for divorce on the basis of living separate and apart pursuant to a separation agreement for one or more years, the agreement must be "subscribed by the parties thereto and acknowledged or proved in the form required to entitle a deed to be recorded" (Domestic Relations Law § 170 [6]; Cicerale v Cicerale,
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