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

212 A.D.2d 764624 N.Y.S.2d 852·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·1995·NY

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Opinion

Thomas F. Prendergast, Respondent, v Debra W. Prendergast, Appellant. [624 NYS2d 852] [MAJORITY] —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 fors, supra; Hopkins v Hopkins, supra). Pizzuto, J. P., Santucci, Friedmann and Krausman, JJ., concur.