Prendergast v. Prendergast — 212 A.D.2d 764

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Thomas F. Prendergast, Respondent, v Debra W. Prendergast, Appellant.

[624 NYS2d 852]

—In an action for divorce, the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, dated October 21, 1993, which granted the plaintiff a divorce upon an open-court stipulation of settlement.

Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, with costs.

The appeal from the judgment must be dismissed because a party may not appeal from an order or judgment entered upon a stipulation (see, Hagfors v Hagfors, 200 AD2d 873 , 874; Kalra v Kalra, 170 AD2d 579 ; Hopkins v Hopkins, 97 AD2d 457 ). The defendant’s proper remedy concerning the propriety of the parties’ settlement agreement is a motion in the Supreme Court to set aside the stipulation (see, Hagfors v Hag

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fors, supra; Hopkins v Hopkins, supra). Pizzuto, J. P., Santucci, Friedmann and Krausman, JJ., concur.

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Hagfors v. Hagfors 200 AD2d 873 N.Y. App. Div. 1994-01-20 at 874 p. 764