Legal Opinion
Cavalli v. Cavalli
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 29, 1996PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action for divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff husband appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (LeVine, J.), dated November 28, 1994, which denied his motion to vacate a stipulation settling the action.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
It is well settled that stipulations of settlement are favored by the courts and a stipulation spread on the record in open court will not be set aside absent a showing that it was the *667result of fraud, overreaching, mistake, or duress (see, Wilutis v Wilutis, 184 AD2d 639). In order to prove legal…
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