Legal Opinion

Kesten v. Kesten

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

Decided December 16, 1996PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action for divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant husband appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Segal, J.), dated February 14, 1995, as granted those branches of the plaintiff wife’s motion which were for interim counsel fees and nontaxable pendente lite maintenance.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The Domestic Relations Law authorizes the court, in its discretion, to award interim counsel fees (see, Domestic Relations Law § 237 [a] [5]; DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete, 70 NY2d 879). In…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. DeCabrera v. Cabrera-RoseteNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. Rosenberg v. RosenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  3. Felton v. FeltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  4. Roach v. RoachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  5. Byer v. ByerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Assini v. AssiniAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  2. Celauro v. CelauroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. A.C. v. D.R.New York Supreme Court · 2011
  4. Wildenstein v. WildensteinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  5. Horowitz v. HorowitzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

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