Legal Opinion
Greschler v. Greschler
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 25, 1980PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jasen, J.
In this action seeking a declaration that a Dominican Republic divorce decree and the separation agreement incorporated therein are void, we are called upon to decide the extent to which recognition must be accorded a foreign divorce decree in an action seeking to set aside a provision of a separation agreement incorporated into such decree.
The Greschlers were married on June 26, 1955. On August 22, 1975, the parties entered into a séparation agreement. Paragraph 5 of that agreement provided that plaintiff, Helen Greschler, waived all claims against her husband,…
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