There is presented a jurisdictional question whether this proceeding falls within the ambit of the statutory provision that "A separation agreement shall in no way preclude the filing of a petition for the support * * * of a wife who is likely to become a public charge" (N. Y. City Dom. Rel. Ct. Act, § 137, subd. 5).
On April 15, 1950, the parties, who had intermarried on July 26, 1924, entered into a formal written separation...
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