Surlak v. Surlak
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gibbons, J.
We are called on in this appeal to review the propriety of a determination that a portion of the separation agreement between the parties, which provides for monthly payments from the husband to the wife, should be voided. We conclude that the record does not support impeachment of the agreement and that, therefore, judicial intervention to alter the agreement is improper.
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The parties were married in 1959. They have two children: Linda, born on March 8, 1960, and Robert, born on March 7, 1961. On May 22, 1973, they entered into a separation agreement. The ninth…
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