Michel v. Michel

Cureton, Judge:

In this domestic action, the sole question presented is whether a family court judge 'may vacate his prior order approving a settlement agreement when he discovers some two years later that the agreement was unfair to one of the parties. We reverse.

The parties separated in March 1982 after having been married only eighteen months. At the time of separation, the appellant wife contemplated filing an action either individually, or on behalf of her daughter, against the respondent husband for an alleged sexual battery against her daughter.1 The wife agreed not to file the suit if…