Applebaum v. Applebaum

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

The principal issue presented is whether extrinsic fraud by respondent, Steven Applebaum, induced appellant, Geraldine Applebaum, to execute a property settlement agreement, thus rendering it void. The district judge ruled there was no showing of fraud and upheld the agreement. We agree and affirm.

1. The parties were married in 1968. Geraldine was 24, and Steven 40, at the time of .their marriage. That marriage terminated in divorce in 1972, in which proceedings the district court approved the property settlement agreement, the subject of this appeal. Therein,…