Legal Opinion
Tuccillo v. Tuccillo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 28, 2004PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to rescind a separation agreement and to vacate a judgment of divorce entered September 8, 2000, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County *660(Mahon, J.), entered January 29, 2003, which, after a nonjury trial, granted that branch of the plaintiffs motion which was pursuant to CPLR 5015 to relieve her from the provisions of the judgment of divorce, inter alia, on the ground of fraud.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Stipulations of settlement are favored by the courts and are not lightly set aside (see Middleton v Middleton, 174 AD2d 655…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Christian v. ChristianNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Arrow v. ArrowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Bartlett v. BartlettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Vandenburgh v. VandenburghAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Gilbert v. GilbertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Brennan-Duffy v. DuffyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Pippis v. PippisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Tuccillo v. TuccilloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004