Atlas v. Smily

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Matthew F. Cooper, J.), entered March 4, 2016, which denied defendant wife’s motion to vacate the parties’ stipulation of settlement, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court properly denied defendant’s motion to set aside the open-court stipulation of settlement, as there was no showing of fraud, overreaching, mistake, or duress (see Hallock v State of New York, 64 NY2d 224, 230 [1984]; Matter of Strang v Rathbone, 108 AD3d 565, 565-566 [2d Dept 2013]). The parties were represented by able and experienced counsel, and had negotiated the…