Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 16, 1993 (Cooper v. Cooper)

Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff, in 1991, sought an increase *1029of alimony from $375 per week to $1,500 per week. Defendant’s obligation to pay alimony to plaintiff was set forth in a financial stipulation, merged by operation of law into the parties’ 1974 divorce decree (Cooper v Cooper, 179 AD2d 1035, 1036).