KARAM v. KARAM

Index No. 311251/18. Appeal No. 14222. Case No. 2020-03268.

197 A.D.3d 1041 (2021)

151 N.Y.S.3d 884

2021 NY Slip Op 05085

Egleé Cañizalez Karam, Appellant, v. Oswaldo Karam, Respondent.

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

Decided September 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rabin Schumann and Partners LLP, New York ( Bonnie E. Rabin , of counsel), for appellant.

Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP, New York ( Michael A. Mosberg of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Singh, Kennedy, Mendez, Higgitt, JJ.


The motion court correctly determined that it did not have personal jurisdiction over defendant. Contrary to plaintiff wife's contention, the post-nuptial agreement executed by the parties in New York in 2015 does not substantially comply with Domestic Relations Law § 236(B)(3) and therefore fails to constitute a transaction of business for long-arm jurisdictional purposes (CPLR 302[a][1]; see Deutsch v Deutsch,

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