Cooper v. Cooper
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*1036The court properly determined the merger-survival issue without a hearing. Merger occurs unless the parties’ agreement expressly stipulates against it (Matter of Wlodarek v Wlodarek, 78 AD2d 981; accord, Nicoletti v Nicoletti, 43 AD2d 699). Here, the agreement is silent on the issue and thus is deemed to merge into the decree and not survive it as a separate and independent contract (Matter of Fishman v Fisher, 77 AD2d 596; Nicoletti v Nicoletti, supra).
The court erred in determining plaintiff’s application without a hearing. An application for modification of alimony should not be denied…
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