Legal Opinion · Dissent

Oberstein v. Oberstein

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

Decided May 3, 1983Published

1Dissent

Sullivan, J. (dissenting).

In April, 1982 the husband, alleging that the parties had, pursuant to a separation agreement, lived separate and apart for more than a year, brought this action for a conversion divorce to terminate a 14-year marriage which had produced one child, a daughter now eight years of age. The wife interposed two “affirmative defense[s] and counterclaim[s]”. The first seeks rescission of the separation agreement on the ground that, distraught and without the benefit of counsel and advice, *383she signed an inherently unfair and inequitable agreement which had been drafted by an…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Christian v. ChristianNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  2. Potvin v. PotvinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  3. Garrel v. GarrelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
  4. Shiffman v. ShiffmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
  5. Gleeson v. GleesonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979

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