Legal Opinion
Rainbow v. Swisher
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 6, 1988PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*108OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
A judgment of divorce entered by a court with subject matter and personal jurisdiction is not, in the circumstances presented, open to later collateral attack on the ground that the judgment erroneously failed to embody the terms of the parties’ settlement agreement regarding merger of the agreement into the decree. Given the nature of the alleged error and the parties’ long reliance on the judgment, defendant husband cannot now challenge its accuracy.
After 23 years of marriage and six children, plaintiff began an action in Supreme Court for divorce, which was…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Goldman v. GoldmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- Lynn v. LynnNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
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