Plotnick v. Plotnick

—Order and judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Sherry Klein Heitler, J.), entered on or about June 30, 1998 and on or about July 28, 1998, respectively, which granted plaintiff a divorce and awarded her, inter alia, maintenance in the amount of $36,000, to be paid in monthly increments of $1,500 for a period of two years, and counsel fees in the amount of $17,000, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court, after determining that the Referee had duly considered the factors set forth in Domestic Relations Law § 236 (B) (6) (a), properly exercised its discretion in increasing the…