In an unusual application of state and federal laws designed to temporarily shield military personnel from court actions, an upstate judge stayed a divorce proceeding but ordered a soldier to comply with return-of-property and disclosure orders.
Acting Supreme Court Justice Richard Dollinger in Monroe County (See Profile) said in Lawry v. Lawry, 12/2413, that while the soldier cannot leave the base, he must hand over the keys to a truck if his wife makes the 300-mile round trip to get them. The judge acknowledged that he could find no legal precedent supporting his approach.
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