Molinari v. Molinari

Jeffrey Molinari (plaintiff) sought a divorce from Paula Molinari (defendant) on grounds of constructive abandonment, at a time when New York was the only state without a no-fault divorce option. Jeffrey struggled to show he had repeatedly attempted to resume cohabitation with Paula, and the parties had no written separation agreement, leading to the kind of factual dispute over the circumstances of Jeffrey's departure that is common in fault-based divorce proceedings.