RAINBOW v. SWISHER


72 N.Y.2d 106 (1988)

Blanche B. Rainbow, Respondent, v. Gerald W. Swisher, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Martin for appellant.

Barry R. Hill for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


KAYE, J.

A judgment of divorce entered by a court with subject matter and personal jurisdiction is not, in the circumstances presented, open to later collateral attack on the ground that the judgment erroneously failed to embody the terms of the parties' settlement agreement regarding merger of the agreement into the decree. Given the nature of the alleged error and the parties' long reliance on the judgment...

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