Legal Opinion
Bartlett v. Bartlett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 23, 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to set aside a separation agreement, plaintiff wife appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Cooper, J.), dated January 20, 1981, which dismissed the complaint. Order reversed, on the law and the facts, with costs, and it is directed that relief is granted to the plaintiff to the extent of setting aside the separation agreement. The separation agreement was drafted by an attorney who, as a review of the record reveals, acted essentially as the defendant husband’s attorney. The plaintiff was not represented by independent counsel, and her only legal…
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