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IN THE MATTER OF SIEGEL

29 A.D.3d 914 (2006)

814 N.Y.S.2d 548

In the Matter of the Estate of PEARL SIEGEL, Deceased. JUDY TRAY, Appellant; BRAD GUILFORD, Respondent.

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

May 23, 2006.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Stipulations of settlement, especially those made in open court, are favored by the courts and will not be lightly cast aside (see Hallock v State of New York, 64 N.Y.2d 224 [1984]; Matter of Davis, 292 A.D.2d 452 [2002]). Thus, "[o]nly where there is cause sufficient to invalidate a contract, such as fraud, collusion, mistake or accident...

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