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Dismissal Reversed: Divorce Based on Cruel and Inhuman Treatment
The Supreme Court, Saratoga County, erred in granting defendant husband's motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint for divorce on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment, as she had adequately pled and proven grounds for grant of divorce on such basis. Redgrave v. Redgrave, N.Y.L.J., Vol. 229, Pg. P. 18, col. 1, 4/24/03 (Cardona, P.J.; Peters, Spain, Carpinello and Lahtinen, J.J.).
The parties were married in May 1972 and have three children. In May 2001, plaintiff commenced this action for divorce alleging cruel and inhuman treatment and adultery (see Domestic Relations Law ' 170 (1), (4)). At the conclusion of the nonjury trial, the Supreme Court granted defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint. Plaintiff appealed, claiming she had offered sufficient evidence to survive a summary judgment motion as to both the adultery and cruel and inhuman treatment bases for divorce.
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