Zahiralis v. Hartman

In an action to recover damages for breach of a stipulation agreement, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Segal, J.), entered March 7, 1996, which granted the plaintiff’s motion, inter alia, to enforce the stipulation agreement.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

"It is well settled that a stipulation of settlement entered into by spouses in contemplation of a divorce is a contract subject to principles of contract interpretation” (Bottitta v Bottitta, 194 AD2d 510, 513). Further, " '[w]hen the provisions of a contract are clear and…