Opinion
January 29, 1996
Appeal from the Surrogate's Court, Suffolk County (Signorelli, S.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs payable by the objectant personally.
Settlements entered into in open court are binding and are not lightly cast aside ( see, Hallock v State of New York, 64 N.Y.2d 224, 230; Doppelt v Doppelt, 215 A.D.2d 715). Here, the appellant, who was the decedent's son, explicitly agreed to "accept the sum of $100,000 in full settlement of any and all claims which he may have against the estate, the decedent, and any of the Arzillo Corporations which form a part of this estate". There was no evidence of fraud in the inducement. Accordingly, the appellant's objections were properly dismissed. Bracken, J.P., O'Brien, Ritter, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.