Breen v. Breen

In a matrimonial action in which the defendant wife had previously been granted a judgment of divorce, plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Spatt, J.), entered April 22, 1981, which, after a hearing on defendant’s motion pursuant to section 244 of the Domestic Relations Law, inter alia, awarded the defendant a judgment in the principal amount of $26,605, representing arrears, and counsel fees and expenses in the amount of $3,875. Judgment modified, on the law, by reducing the principal amount awarded as arrears to $25,605. As so modified, judgment affirmed,…