Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court properly denied that branch of the mother's motion which was to vacate the stipulation of settlement. Stipulations of settlement are favored by the courts and a stipulation made on the record in open court will not be set aside absent a showing that it was the result of fraud, overreaching, mistake, or duress (see Hallock v State of New York,
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