Legal Opinion
McCullough v. Falardeau
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 25, 1992PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Family Court of St. Lawrence County (Nelson, J.), entered November 20, 1991, which, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, directed respondent to pay petitioner counsel fees.
We reject respondent’s contention that Family Court erred in directing him to pay petitioner’s counsel fees. In support proceedings, the question of whether counsel fees should be awarded is within Family Court’s discretion to decide (see, Family Ct Act § 438 [a]; Goldstein v Goldstein, 123 AD2d 739). Although respondent’s argument focuses primarily on the parties’ respective…
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