Tudhope v. Riehle

Plaintiff Mary Tudhope appeals the superior court’s order dismissing her complaint alleging that her ex-husband, defendant Theodore Riehle, had fraudulently induced her to accept a separation agreement later incorporated into the parties’ final divorce order. Tudhope and Riehle dispute whether their agreement may be collaterally attacked on grounds of fraud, duress, and unconscionability in a tort action in superior court. We conclude that, under the circumstances presented here, the superior court correctly dismissed the suit as a belated collateral attack on the parties’ divorce judgment.

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