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LOWINGER v. LOWINGER

287 A.D.2d 39 (2001)

733 N.Y.S.2d 33

KAY LOWINGER, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of LIZA LOWINGER and Others, Infants, Respondent, v. MAURICE LOWINGER, Defendant, and EDITH LOWINGER, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 15, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Solovay of counsel, New York City (Marshall & Solovay, attorneys), for Kay Lowinger, respondent.

R. Scott Greathead of counsel, New York City (Howe & Addington, L. L. P., attorneys), for Liza Lowinger and others, respondents.

Nathan Lewin and Richard H. Dolan of counsel (Bennette D. Kramer and Noam B. Fischman on the brief; Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, P. C., Washington, D.C., and Schlam Stone & Dolan, L. L. P., New York City, attorneys), for appellant.

SULLIVAN, P. J., NARDELLI, MAZZARELLI and SAXE, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WILLIAMS, J.

This appeal presents the question of whether an alleged oral agreement to provide one with various financial benefits in exchange for undergoing religious conversion is enforceable.

Plaintiff is a South Korean native who is seeking to enforce an oral contract entered into with her mother-in-law, Edith, a defendant. Defendant, the principal of a lucrative family import-export...

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