TUDHOPE v. RIEHLE

No. 96-229.

704 A.2d 765 (1997)

Mary TUDHOPE v. Theodore RIEHLE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

October 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Langrock and Frank H. Langrock of Langrock Sperry & Wool, Middlebury, for plaintiff-appellant

Michael S. Brow and Alan F. Sylvester of Sylvester & Maley, Inc., Burlington, for defendant-appellee

Before GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ., and SUNTAG, District Judge, Specially Assigned.


GIBSON, Justice.

Plaintiff Mary Tudhope appeals the superior court's order dismissing her complaint alleging that her ex-husband, defendant Theodore Riehle, had fraudulently induced her to accept a separation agreement later incorporated into the parties' final divorce order. Tudhope and Riehle dispute whether their agreement may be collaterally attacked on grounds of fraud, duress, and unconscionability in a tort action in superior court. We conclude that, under...

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