Alias v. Olahannan

*425In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant husband appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Sherwood, J.), dated November 26, 2003, which granted the motion of his guardian ad litem for a fee award in the sum of $5,753.71.

Ordered that the order is modified, on the facts and as a matter of discretion, by deleting therefrom the sum of $5,753.71 and substituting therefor the sum of $3,500; as so modified, the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

A guardian ad litem need not be an attorney, and “[tin fixing the fee, the dollar value for…