Steinert v. Steinert

The husband appeals from an order disqualifying his attorney.1 In 2005, the parties divorced pursuant to a judgment that incorporated terms of a separation agreement. For purposes of calculating the marital estate under that separation agreement, the husband was treated as the owner of two life insurance policies with a combined cash surrender value of $232,886. In February, 2007, the husband filed a complaint seeking reformation of the settlement agreement in the present *288action based on alternative theories of fraud and mutual mistake.2 He claimed that in January, 2007, he learned for the…