Bustin v. Bustin

Appeal (transferred to this court by order of the Appellate Division, Second Department) from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Di Fede, J.H.O.), entered May 29, 1990 in Putnam County, which, inter alia, denied plaintiff’s motion to modify his maintenance payments to defendant.

Plaintiff and defendant were married in New York in 1941 and secured a divorce in Mexico in October 1986. A prior separation agreement was incorporated with, but not merged into, the divorce judgment. Under this agreement plaintiff agreed, inter alia, to pay defendant maintenance of $100 per week for the rest of their…