Legal Opinion
Peritore v. Peritore
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 15, 2008PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by a judgment dated January 21, 2004, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Putnam County (Miller, J.), dated October 4, 2006, which granted her motion for an award of an attorney’s fee only to extent of awarding her the sum of $7,500.
Ordered that the order is modified, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, by increasing the award of an attorney’s fee from the sum of $7,500 to the sum of $35,000; as so modified, the order is affirmed, with costs to the defendant.
“The decision to award an attorney’s fee…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wald v. WaldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Burger v. HolzbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Lutz v. GoldstoneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
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