Legal Opinion
Lippman v. Lippman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 14, 1993PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment granting plaintiff a divorce based on the parties having lived separate and apart for one year or more pursuant to a written separation agreement (see, Domestic Relations Law § 170 [6]). Defendant’s primary contention is that the 17-year-old separation agreement had been abandoned by the parties and thus could not serve as the predicate for a conversion divorce. Additionally, defendant contends that, assuming the agreement was not abandoned, it is unfair to afford plaintiff a divorce pursuant to its…
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