Charney v. Charney

The parties are husband and wife. On March 14, 1936, while domiciled in New York, they entered in that State into a written separation agreement, by which the husband agreed to pay his wife $10 a week for her support during her life. Though the parties contracted with each other directly, without the intervention of a trustee (Terkelsen v. Peterson, 216 Mass. 531; Schillander v. Schillander, 307 Mass. 96; Johnson-Foster Co. v. D’Amore Construction Co. 314 Mass. 416, 422), the agreement was valid and enforceable at law and in equity under the law of New York. New York Domestic Relations Law…