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FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE AND A HEARING WERE NECESSARY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SEPARATION AGREEMENT WAS INVALID, SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE AGREED TO BY PLAINTIFF WIFE WAS LESS THAN PLAINTIFF’S APARTMENT RENTAL (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined a hearing was necessary to determine whether a separation agreement was invalid (unconscionable). The plaintiff wife did not have an attorney when the agreement was negotiated, but she consulted an attorney who advised her the support and maintenance were not sufficient to meet her needs. The amount of support and maintenance agreed to was less than the monthly rental for plaintiff’s apartment:

Given that the agreement’s support provisions were insufficient to cover the rent for the marital residence and other basic needs of the plaintiff and the children, as well as the lack of financial disclosure regarding the value of the defendant’s business, condominium, and actual income, questions of fact existed as to whether the separation agreement was invalid, sufficient to warrant a hearing … .  Given the lack of any financial disclosure, the Supreme Court should have exercised its equitable powers and directed disclosure regarding the parties’ finances at the time the agreement was executed, to be followed by a hearing to test the validity of the separation agreement … . Mizrahi v Mizrahi, 2019 NY Slip Op 03040, Second Dept 4-24-19

 

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