Wolfe v. Wolff

The plaintiff and her former husband had the legal right to contract for a reduction in the alimony, and such an agreement having been made for a valid consideration, it is binding until set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction. In the absence of overreaching, such contracts will be enforced. (Aldrich v. Aldrich, 220 App. Div. 555; appeal dismissed, 247 N. Y. 563.) The cases of Gewirtz v. Gewirtz (189 App. Div. 483) and Hallow v. Hallow (200 id. 642) are not in point. In neither of these cases was there any consideration for the agreement to modify the decree. In the Gewirtz case,…