DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order dated October 4, 2002, is reversed, on the law, with costs, the mother's objections are denied, and the order dated May 16, 2002, is reinstated.
"[S]tipulations of settlement, especially those whose terms are placed upon the record in open court, are met with judicial favor. Absent a showing of fraud, overreaching, mistake, or duress, the stipulation should not be disturbed by the court" ( Wieners v. Wieners, 239 A.D.2d 493, 494; see Lafferty v. Lafferty, 256 A.D.2d 445).
A party to a stipulation of settlement may opt out of the provisions of the Child Support Standards Act (hereinafter the CSSA) provided that the decision to do so is knowingly made ( see Mauriello v. Mauriello, 301 A.D.2d 505). In the presence of the Hearing Examiner, the respondent mother clearly consented to the terms of the stipulation. The parties knowingly agreed to opt out of the CSSA and the order, dated May 16, 2002, entered upon consent, specified the amount that the obligation would have been under the standards and the reason that the stipulation did not provide for payment of that amount ( see Mauriello v. Mauriello, supra; Family Court Act § 413[h]). Accordingly, we reinstate the order dated May 16, 2002.
RITTER, J.P., GOLDSTEIN, McGINITY and CRANE, JJ., concur.