Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court erred in entertaining the defendant's motion on the merits, as a motion is not the proper vehicle for challenging a separation agreement incorporated but not merged into a divorce judgment. Rather, the defendant should have commenced a plenary action seeking vacatur or reformation of the agreement (see, Matter of Scalabrini v Scalabrini,
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