Legal Opinion
Cotton v. Cotton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 17, 2012PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*698On April 30, 1996, after a 26-year marriage, the plaintiff and the defendant entered into a stipulation of settlement which was incorporated but not merged into a judgment of divorce dated May 21, 1997 (hereinafter the stipulation). The stipulation provided, inter alia, that the plaintiff would pay the defendant tax-free monthly maintenance in the sum of $3,000 for 10 years, and entitled the defendant to seek an extension of maintenance, to be granted in a “just and proper” amount, if she established that she continued to be incapable of supporting herself at or near the standard of living…
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