Legal Opinion

Zavaglia v. Zavaglia

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 30, 1996PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court denied plaintiff’s motion to set aside the opting-out agreement that was incorporated but not merged into the judgment of divorce. We agree that the order was proper but for a different reason. "A party seeking to set aside an agreement must do so by commencement of a plenary action, by affirmative defense or by counterclaim; such relief cannot be obtained on motion” (Gaines v Gaines, 188 AD2d 1048). Were we to reach the merits of plaintiff’s motion, we would affirm for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gaines v. GainesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dudla v. DudlaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  2. Luisi v. LuisiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  3. Young v. YoungAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  4. Marin v. AnismanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

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