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Wife’s Stipulation Waiving Claim to Benefits Valid Even though Law Unclear at Time of Stipulation and Benefits Later Determined by Court of Appeals to Be Marital Property

The Second Department determined that plaintiff-wife’s stipulation that variable supplement fund (VSF) benefits were not marital property should be upheld, even though the law was unclear at the time of the stipulation and the Court of Appeals subsequently determined the benefits were marital property:

The Referee was correct in noting that, at the time of the parties’ stipulation of settlement, the law on the issue of whether VSF benefits were subject to equitable distribution was unclear. The law was later clarified when the Court of Appeals held that VSF benefits were marital property subject to equitable distribution …. However, the fact that the plaintiff did not have definitive guidance on the issue of whether VSF benefits were subject to equitable distribution is not a sufficient basis upon which she may avoid the effects of her otherwise knowing and voluntary waiver. Thus, it was error to permit the defendant to avoid the consequences of her waiver of any interest in the VSF. Lamassa v Lamassa, 2013 NY Slip Op 03639, 2nd Dept, 5-22-13

 

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