Turner v. Turner

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Hope Schwartz Zimmerman, J.), dated November 25, 2013. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the plaintiff’s motion for an award of an attorney’s fee to the extent of awarding her the sum of $10,000.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in awarding the plaintiff an attorney’s fee in the sum of $10,000. In reaching this determination, the court properly considered the relative financial circumstances of…