Quinn v. Quinn
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a matrimonial action, the defendant appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Willen, J.H.O.), entered May 8, 2009, as awarded the plaintiff an attorney’s fee in the sum of $9,000.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
An award of an attorney’s fee pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 237 (a) is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court (see DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete, 70 NY2d 879, 881 [1987]; Stadok v Stadok, 25 AD3d 547 [2006]; Herzog v Herzog, 18 AD3d 707, 709…
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