Pedreira v. Pedreira

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Saralee Evans, J.), entered on or about June 24, 2005, which, in postjudgment matrimonial proceedings, granted the Law Guardian’s motion to recover legal fees and costs from plaintiff and directed entry of judgment in the Law Guardian’s favor for such fees and costs, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The Law Guardian’s motion for fees was properly granted without a hearing. Plaintiff never requested a hearing and never challenged the reasonableness of the fees sought, despite being in possession of all or nearly all of the Law Guardian’s billing records…