Question juridique clé
Whether a matrimonial protection request becomes moot because a divorce action is filed later.
Solution extraite
No. The request remains justiciable when retroactive maintenance is claimed.
Motifs extraits
A later divorce action does not extinguish the pending protection proceedings, because the divorce court may order provisional measures only from the date the divorce action is filed. Allowing mootness would undermine the statutory possibility of claiming maintenance retroactively for the year before the request.