Amelia F. Dean, Respondent v. Robert J. Dean, Appellant

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's judgment, holding that New York courts have jurisdiction over the wife and may deny recognition of the Pennsylvania divorce decree because the wife was domiciled in Canada at the time of the decree and the decree was procured by fraud. The court also held that the husband remains liable for support of his wife and children in New York. Justice Lehman dissented, arguing that public policy should require denial of effect to the foreign decree.