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THE ORAL STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT IN THIS DIVORCE ACTION IS INVALID AND UNENFORCEABLE (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, over a dissent, determined the oral stipulation of settlement in this divorce action is invalid and unenforceable. The dissent argued defendant wife was not aggrieved because the parties contentions were resolved by the stipulation which was incorporated into the judgment of divorce:

… [T]he parties placed on the record an oral stipulation of settlement that, inter alia, provided for the distribution of the marital property. Although the oral stipulation contemplated the signing of a postnuptial agreement, defendant wife refused to sign such an agreement. Nevertheless, Supreme Court issued a judgment that acknowledged that the parties had placed on the record in open court an oral stipulation resolving all disputed issues, and that provided, inter alia, that the oral stipulation was incorporated but not merged into the judgment. …

We agree with defendant that the oral stipulation rendered in open court did not satisfy the requirements of Domestic Relations Law § 236 (B) (3), and it is therefore invalid and unenforceable. “In matrimonial actions . . . an open court stipulation is unenforceable absent a writing that complies with the requirements for marital settlement agreements” … . “More particularly, to be valid and enforceable, marital settlement agreements must be in writing, subscribed by the parties, and acknowledged or proven in the manner required to entitle a deed to be recorded’ … . McGovern v McGovern, 2020 NY Slip Op 04635, Fourth Dept 8-20-20

 

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