Oberstein v. Oberstein
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
opinion of the court
Kassal, J.
The question which confronts us on this appeal is the continued viability of the legal principle expressed in Shiffman v Shiffman (57 AD2d 519) in Gleeson v Gleeson (69 AD2d 964, mot for lv to app dsmd 47 NY2d 709) and in other cases, holding that where the support obligations of the parties are fixed by a subsisting separation agreement, disclosure as to finances may not be obtained in a subsequent conversion action for divorce, since support is not in *375issue unless and until the separation agreement is declared invalid and set aside. The basic issue is whether…
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