Gloria A. P. v. Harold E. P.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Herbert B. Ray, J.

Harold E. P. has requested dismissal of Gloria A. P.’s application for an award of counsel fees. He asserts that this court is without authority to entertain such petition absent *1052referral from the Supreme Court.1 He is incorrect; this court has such authority.

The recent procedural history indicated that on July 31, 1987, the parties entered into a stipulation which provided a joint legal custody schedule and for a pretrial conference on the issue of counsel fees which was held on September 16, 1987. On August 20, 1987, Gloria A. P. filed two complete…