Pippis v. Pippis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
“A separation agreement in a divorce proceeding may be vacated if it is manifestly unfair to one party because of the other’s overreaching or where its terms are unconscionable, or *825there exists fraud, collusion, mistake, or accident” (Frank v Frank, 260 AD2d 344, 345 [1999]; see Christian v Christian, 42 NY2d 63 [1977]). “Separation agreements may be set aside [as unconscionable] if their terms evidence a bargain so inequitable that no reasonable and competent person would have consented to it” (Bright v Freeman, 24 AD3d 586, 588 [2005]; see Christian v Christian, 42 NY2d at 71; Yuda v Yuda,…
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