Legal Opinion

In re Mildred C.

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

Decided July 13, 1998PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—In a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 81 to appoint a guardian for the property of Mildred C. (Anonymous), the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Scholnick, J.), dated July 15, 1997, which, inter alia, denied the appellant’s cross motion, inter alia, to vacate a stipulation dated July 23, 1996, which created a trust.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Stipulations of settlement are favored by the courts and are not lightly set aside (see, Matter of Galasso, 35 NY2d 319, 321; see also, Katz v Village of Southampton,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

Hallock v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
Gillman v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N. A.New York Court of Appeals · 1988
In re the Intermediate Accounting of GalassoNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
Morrison v. Budget Rent A Car Systems, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
Katz v. Village of SouthamptonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

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3Cited by1 opinion

Jeffery H. v. New York State Office of Children & Family ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999