John v. John
Citation | 254 N.Y.S.2d 828,22 A.D.2d 804 |
Parties | Elizabeth Bowman JOHN, Appellant, v. William Edgar JOHN, Jr., Respondent. |
Decision Date | 09 November 1964 |
Court | New York Supreme Court Appellate Division |
Irving Heisler, New York City, for appellant.
Monroe J. Cahn, New York City, for respondent.
In an action for a judicial separation, the plaintiff wife, a resident of the State of Florida, appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, made April 28, 1964 upon reargument, which: (1) denied her motion for temporary alimony and counsel fee; and (2) granted the defendant husband's cross motion to dismiss the complaint on the grounds: (a) that the parties are no longer husband and wife by reason of a Florida decree of divorce which the wife had obtained against the husband on his default after constructive service of process upon him, and (b) that said decree is unaffected by a subsequent Florida decree, made on the wife's application to the Florida court without notice to the husband, vacating the divorce decree and declaring it to be null and void. Order affirmed, without costs. No opinion.
I cannot agree that the courts of this State must give full faith and credit to a divorce decree which has been 'set aside, declared void and held for naught' in the State of its rendition. In my opinion it is not a denial of due process not to give further notice of proceedings to a defaulting party. The notice essential to due process is the original notice giving jurisdiction, and not notice of the time for the exercise of jurisdiction already vested; and, after jurisdiction has duly attached, it has been said that a party has no constitutional right to demand notice of further proceedings (16A C.J.S. Constitutional Law, § 619, p. 803). Indeed, under the New York practice, no service of papers need be made upon a party who is in default for failure to appear (CPLR Rule 2103, subd. [e]). In Florida, a similar procedural rule obtains:
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