| Bhandary v Bhandary |
| 2008 NY Slip Op 02946 [50 AD3d 612] |
| April 1, 2008 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Uday S. Bhandary, Appellant, v Kimberly Constantine Bhandary, Respondent. |
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Edward M. Gould, Islip, N.Y., for respondent.
Ordered that on the Court's own motion, the notice of appeal is deemed an application for leave to appeal from so much of the order as, sua sponte, directed the dismissal of the complaint in the plenary action pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) , and leave to appeal is granted (see CPLR 5701 [c]); and it is further,
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The plaintiff contends that a stay of enforcement of the parties' judgment of divorce, which was based on a stipulation of settlement that was incorporated but not merged into the judgment, was warranted because the stipulation did not comply with the requirements of Domestic Relations Law § 240 (1-b) (h). The Supreme Court correctly concluded that the stipulation complied with Domestic Relations Law § 240 (1-b) (h) (see Lewis v Goldberg, 6 AD3d 395 [2004]; Gallet v Wasserman, 280 AD2d 296 [2001]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court correctly declined to stay enforcement of the judgment of [*2]divorce.
The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit. Fisher, J.P., Ritter, Dillon and McCarthy, JJ., concur.