Federle v. Federle

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 2565

Syllabus

DOMESTIC RELATIONS – DIVORCE AND DISSOLUTION – SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT: Settlement agreements are favored in law where a settlement agreement is arrived at by the parties to a divorce in open court and preserved by being read into the record, in the absence of fraud, duress, overreaching or undue influence, the domestic relations court may enter a divorce decree which accurately reflects the terms of the agreement, adopting the agreement as its judgment. An in-court agreement of the parties to a divorce concerning division of property, allocation of parental responsibilities, and support adopted by the court as its judgment thereon is enforceable by the domestic relations court and may be incorporated into a decree of divorce even in the absence of an agreement in writing, or an approval of the decree signed by a party or her attorney.