Legal Opinion
MATTER OF MECCICO v. Meccico
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 5, 1990PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the order of Family Court reinstated.
A separation agreement is a contract subject to the princi pies of contract construction and interpretation (Rainbow v Swisher, 72 NY2d 106, 109). Where the contract is clear and unambiguous on its face, the courts must determine the intent of the parties from within the four corners of the instrument (id.; Nichols v Nichols, 306 NY 490, 496, reh denied 307 NY 677). The agreement at issue unambiguously created two separate obligations for the husband: the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Nichols v. NicholsNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
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