Grunfeld v. Grunfeld
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Casey, J.
An open-court stipulation of settlement in a matrimonial action purporting to equitably distribute the parties’ marital property, which is based in part upon erroneous findings of the trial court as to the value of certain marital property, and which results in an award of substantially all of the marital assets to one party while burdening the other party with virtually all of the marital debt, is patently unconscionable. The court has not only the power but the duty to relieve the burdened party from such a stipulation. The trial court, therefore, erred in…
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