Lanzillotta v. Lanzillotta

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen Bransten, J.), entered January 12, 1999, which, inter alia, awarded plaintiff interim counsel fees of $20,000 and temporary maintenance consisting of, inter alia, a $3,000 a month payment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The award represents a measured accommodation between plaintiff’s reasonable needs and defendant’s financial ability to pay. The record shows that the parties enjoyed a lavish preseparation standard of living and that such was chiefly supported by business entities controlled by defendant. Defendant failed to provide…