Hurley v. Johnson

*617OPINION OF THE COURT

Leslie E. Stein, J.

The parties executed a separation agreement on August 28, 2002 and filed a copy of the agreement with the Rensselaer County Clerk’s Office on September 9, 2002. The separation agreement contained the following acknowledgment with respect to each party’s signature:

“STATE OF NEW YORK )

“ ) ss.:

“COUNTY OF ALBANY )

“On the 28th day of August in the year 2002, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared [Richard Hurley, Jr./ Dorothy Johnson], the subscribing witness to the foregoing instrument, with whom I am…