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MTR. OF GOTLIB v. RATSUTSKY

83 N.Y.2d 696 (1994)

635 N.E.2d 289

613 N.Y.S.2d 120

In the Matter of Ilya Gotlib, Respondent, v. Lia Ratsutsky, Appellant. Lia Ratsutsky, Appellant, v. Ilya Gotlib, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 14, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bressler Amery & Ross, New York City (David H. Pikus and Martin I. Shelton of counsel), for appellant in the above-entitled proceeding and action.

Raymond P. Berberian, Kew Gardens, for respondent in the above-entitled proceeding and action.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.

BELLACOSA, J.

At the heart of this appeal surrounding a multipronged dispute between Lia Ratsutsky and Ilya Gotlib is her suit for divorce from him under New York law. Since she concedes that she was already divorced from him in 1976 in Odessa, The Ukraine, under then-Soviet law, she faces a formidable obstacle to obtaining such relief under comity principles respected...

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