Confronted with conflicting claims that a 1985 divorce judgment was procured by fraud, an appeals panel in Manhattan has ruled in an unsigned opinion that a hearing must be held to determine whether the husband or wife is the guilty party.

This is a “remarkable case” in which “certainly” one of the parties is lying and “possibly, but implausibly, both are lying,” Justice James M. McGuire (See Profile) wrote in a concurring opinion.

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