McKeown v. McKeown

Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, which sought to vacate the parties’ judgment of separation and to rescind a stipulation of settlement, incorporated but not merged in the judgment, on the ground that defendant fraudulently concealed a lump-sum social security bridge payment made to him by his former employer, Eastman Kodak, during the pendency of the matrimonial action before it was converted to an action for separation.

"[S]tipulations of…