Meltzer v. Meltzer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant *703husband appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Falanga, J.), dated May 23, 2008, as granted that branch of the plaintiff wife’s motion which was for an additional award of interim counsel fees.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
An award of interim counsel fees is designed to create parity in divorce litigation by preventing a monied spouse from wearing down a nonmonied spouse on the basis of sheer financial strength (see O’Shea v O’Shea,…
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