Bancroft v. Nagora

— In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, Michael A. Fiechter, the former attorney for the father, appeals, by permission, from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Hepner, J.), dated January 24, 2012, which, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-2.1, imposed costs on him in the sum of $263 payable to the father for the failure to appear at a scheduled conference.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The Family Court providently exercised its discretion in imposing the father’s costs, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-2.1, on the father’s former…