Angeloff v. Angeloff
| Decision Date | 17 June 1982 |
| Citation | 56 N.Y.2d 982,453 N.Y.S.2d 630,439 N.E.2d 346 |
| Parties | , 439 N.E.2d 346 Sue V. ANGELOFF, Appellant, v. Carl N. ANGELOFF, Respondent. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
On review of submissions pursuant to Rule 500.2(b), order modified, 86 A.D.2d 974, 448 N.Y.S.2d 335, with costs to plaintiff, by denying defendant's motion for partial summary judgment and, as so modified, affirmed. Although a separation agreement may be the basis of a conversion divorce even though substantial provisions of the agreement are unenforceable , such a divorce may not be granted if the agreement is void ab initio as the result of fraud, duress or incapacity. To hold otherwise would be to read out of section 170 (subd. ) the requirement that such a divorce be based upon a separation agreement. The statute requires more than living separate and apart for one year. Because the affidavits establish the existence of triable issues concerning the validity of the entire agreement, rather than simply a part of the agreement, there must be a trial.
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