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Greenberg v. Greenberg

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 8, 1989
150 A.D.2d 429 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

May 8, 1989

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Hurley, J.).


Ordered that the appeal from the order entered January 7, 1988 is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements, as the portion of that order from which the plaintiff appeals was vacated in the order entered July 13, 1988; and it is further,

Ordered that the appeal from the order entered July 13, 1988 is dismissed, without costs or disbursements, as no appeal lies from an order entered upon the stipulation of the appellant (CPLR 5511; cf., McDermott v McDermott, 69 N.Y.2d 1028); and it is further,

Ordered that the order entered June 30, 1988 is affirmed insofar as appealed from; and it is further,

Ordered that the defendant is awarded one bill of costs.

The plaintiff has failed to demonstrate that the attorney who appeared on his behalf (see, 22 NYCRR 202.26 [e]) acted without authority on January 21, 1988 when she assented to the stipulation made on the record (see, CPLR 2104). Since the plaintiff failed to demonstrate the existence of any other basis for setting aside the stipulation (see, Hallock v State of New York, 64 N.Y.2d 224), the Supreme Court properly denied that branch of his motion which was for its vacatur. Moreover, by the terms of the stipulation, the plaintiff was to transmit money to the defendant's attorneys, inter alia, to be utilized to satisfy a money judgment entered in the defendant's favor, and to discharge certain support obligations. Since the plaintiff failed to honor his obligations under the stipulation, we see no basis for disturbing the Supreme Court's exercise of discretion when it authorized the defendant's attorney to release to the defendant funds obtained from the Suffolk County Sheriff in excess of a money judgment executed by the Sheriff.

We have considered the plaintiff's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Brown, J.P., Kooper, Harwood and Rosenblatt, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Greenberg v. Greenberg

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 8, 1989
150 A.D.2d 429 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

Greenberg v. Greenberg

Case Details

Full title:HARRY GREENBERG, Appellant, v. BONNIE GREENBERG, Respondent

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

Date published: May 8, 1989

Citations

150 A.D.2d 429 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

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