Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 15, 2014 (Shaughnessy v. Cox)

*690A stipulation of settlement that is incorporated but not merged into a judgment of divorce is a contract subject to principles of contract construction and interpretation (see Matter of Gravlin v Ruppert, 98 NY2d 1, 5 [2002]; Colucci v Colucci, 54 AD3d 710, 712 [2008]).