Kiwon S. v. Daniel S.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Saralee Evans, J.), entered September 15, 2011, which, to the extent appealed from, granted plaintiff’s motion for pendente lite relief to the extent of directing defendant to pay plaintiffs attorney interim counsel fees in the amount of $100,000, subject to reallocation at trial, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court providently exercised its discretion in awarding counsel fees, given the evidence of the large discrepancy in the parties’ respective incomes, the significant business investments within defendant’s control, the nature of the issues…