Legal Opinion

Becker v. Becker

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 23, 1988No. Appeal No. 2PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

— Order unanimously modified on *969the law and facts and as modified affirmed without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum: Family Court should not have awarded counsel fees to petitioner. Petitioner had sufficient funds to pay her own counsel fees and the financial circumstances of the parties were approximately equal (see, Remetich v Schoenberg, 100 AD2d 581; cf, Polite v Polite, 127 AD2d 465, 467). (Appeal from order of Erie County Family Court, Notaro, J. — arrearages.) Present — Callahan, J. P., Boomer, Green, Pine and Davis, JJ.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Polite v. PoliteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  2. Remetich v. SchoenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Haberman v. HabermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995