McCarthy v. McCarthy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order insofar as appealed from unanimously reversed on the law without costs and cross motion denied. Memorandum: In general, counsel fees pendente lite should be denied where the applicant possesses sufficient assets to pay counsel (see, Louise v Louise, 156 AD2d 937; Mullin v Mullin, 144 AD2d 1020, lv denied 74 NY2d 604; Anonymous v Anonymous, 120 AD2d 983, appeal dismissed 68 NY2d 808; Drabek v Drabek, 92 AD2d 722; Freid v Freid, 23 AD2d 549). In awarding counsel fees, the court should consider the distribution of the marital property (see, Parsons v Parsons, 101 AD2d 1017, 1018). Here, if…
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