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DOROTHY HOWARD, respondent, v. BRUCE HOWARD, appellant.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

A stipulation of settlement is a contract subject to principles of contract interpretation (see, Rainbow v. Swisher, 72 N.Y.2d 106). It is the primary rule of construction of contracts that when the terms of a written contract are clear and unambiguous, the intent of the parties must be found within the four corners of the contract, giving a practical interpretation to the language employed and the parties' reasonable expectations (see, Slamow v. Del Col, 174 A.D.2d 725, 726, affd 79 N.Y.2d 1016; see also, W.W.W. Assocs. v. Giancontieri, 77 N.Y.2d 157, 162; Chimart Assocs. v. Paul, 66 N.Y.2d 570).

Contrary to the appellant's contention, the Supreme Court correctly determined that he agreed that his weekday overnight visitation with the parties' child would end upon the child entering the second grade. Accordingly, there was no basis to grant his motion to hold the child's mother in contempt.

SMITH, J.P., GOLDSTEIN, McGINITY and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.

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HOWARD v. HOWARD
(Mar 5, 2002)