Opinion
June 4, 1985
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Sullivan, J.
Present — Callahan, J.P., Boomer, Green, O'Donnell and Pine, JJ.
Order unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and motion denied. Memorandum: Special Term erred in granting plaintiff permission to amend her complaint to include a cause of action to enforce a prenuptial agreement entered into in Canada, where the parties formerly resided. Although CPLR 302 (b) has been liberally construed to protect New York domiciliaries, plaintiff, a nondomiciliary, is required to show that defendant had "minimum contacts" within the State in order to satisfy due process requirements (see, International Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310; Browne v. Browne, 53 A.D.2d 134, 136, appeal dismissed 40 N.Y.2d 917).