Matter of DeCillis v. DeCillis

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Colleen M. Fondulis, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated May 8, 2015. The order, insofar as appealed from, without a hearing, denied the mother’s cross petition for an award of an attorney’s fee in the sum of $21,634.

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, with costs, and the mother’s cross petition for an award of an attorney’s fee in the sum of $21,634 is granted.

The Family Court has the authority to award an attorney’s fee in custody proceedings when warranted under the…