MATTER OF REISS v. GIRALDO

2009-04648.

77 A.D.3d 759 (2010)

908 N.Y.S.2d 600

In the Matter of MATTHEW REISS, Appellant, v. MARIA NELLY GIRALDO, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided October 12, 2010.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

While public policy generally mandates free access to the courts (see Board of Educ. of Farmingdale Union Free School Dist. v Farmingdale Classroom Teachers Assn., Local 1889, AFT AFL-CIO, 38 N.Y.2d 397, 404 [1975]), a party may forfeit that right if he or she abuses the judicial process by engaging in meritless litigation motivated by spite or ill will...

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