Legal Opinion
Berkman v. Berkman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 1, 2001PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Stack, J.), dated September 26, 2000, as granted that branch of the plaintiff’s motion which was for summary judgment on the complaint and, in effect, dismissed her counterclaim to set aside the separation agreement on the grounds of fraud and duress.
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, that branch of the plaintiffs motion which was for summary judgment is denied, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court,…
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- Picciano v. PiccianoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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