Alice Garvin v. George K. Garvin

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the lower courts' injunction barring the husband from pursuing a foreign divorce while the separation action is pending, holding that such relief is properly incidental to the separation proceeding and that the court has jurisdiction under the Civil Practice Act. The court relied on the full faith and credit doctrine as applied to U.S. territories and on prior appellate decisions supporting injunctions in similar circumstances.