Lukaszuk v. Lukaszuk
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by judgment entered June 16, 2001, the defendant former husband appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Marks, J.), dated March 20, 2002, which, after a hearing, denied his motion to vacate the parties’ stipulation of settlement entered into in open court on March 15, 2001.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
It is well-settled that open-court stipulations of settlement are judicially favored, and will not be lightly set aside (see Hallock v State of New York, 64 NY2d 224, 230 [1984]; Matter of Galasso, 35…
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