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Byrne v. Byrne

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 3, 1996
228 A.D.2d 402 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

June 3, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Yachnin, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The defendant failed to present any proof establishing that the parties' 1994 stipulation of settlement as to the distribution of marital property was unfair and constituted overreaching by the plaintiff ( see, Ruxton v. Ruxton, 181 A.D.2d 876). At the time the 1994 stipulation was entered into, which stipulation modified a 1990 stipulation, the defendant, represented by counsel, knew about a certain pension plan in favor of the plaintiff, but failed to seek any share of the plan. Rather, she unequivocally agreed to the terms of the stipulation, which represented several concessions by the plaintiff with regard to his financial obligations. Therefore, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendant's request to set aside the stipulation in order for the defendant to obtain an equitable share of the pension plan. Ritter, J.P., Pizzuto, Santucci and Krausman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Byrne v. Byrne

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 3, 1996
228 A.D.2d 402 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

Byrne v. Byrne

Case Details

Full title:RICHARD C. BYRNE, Respondent, v. BARBARA M. BYRNE, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jun 3, 1996

Citations

228 A.D.2d 402 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
643 N.Y.S.2d 659