Legal Opinion
Klisivitch v. Klisivitch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 11, 2002PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff husband appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (McNulty, J.), dated May 4, 2000, which awarded the defendant wife an attorney’s fee in the sum of $150,000 and experts’ fees in the sum of $33,500.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the husband’s contentions, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in requiring him to pay the wife approximately one half of her attorney’s fee in view of the disparity between the incomes of the parties (see, Maher v Maher,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ahern v. AhernAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Maher v. MaherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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