Court of Appeals of New York
Graev v. Graev, 139
In a suit over the termination of spousal-support payments after husband claimed that wife had triggered a "termination condition" for such payments by cohabiting with another man, judgment in favor of wife is reversed and case remanded where: 1) the word "cohabitation" was ambiguous as used in the separation agreement; 2) neither the dictionary nor case law supplied an authoritative or plain meaning; 3) "cohabitation" does not require changed economic circumstances; and 4) remand was necessary to determine the intent of the parties based on extrinsic evidence.
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- Decided 10/21/2008
- Published 10/21/2008
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- Court of Appeals of New York