The agreement of March 13, 1941, to the extent that it purports to relieve defendant of his obligation to provide continuing support to the plaintiff after the child of the marriage attains the age of twenty-one years, is void as against the public policy of the State (Kyff v. Kyff, 286 N.Y. 71). "Section 51 [Domestic Relations Law], insofar as pertinent, provides that `a husband and wife cannot contract to alter or dissolve the marriage or to relieve the husband from...
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