Legal Opinion
Aronesty v. Aronesty
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 8, 1994PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Family Court, Nassau County (Joseph DeMaro, J.), entered January 6, 1992, which granted respondent’s law firm’s motion for $111,609.21 in legal fees and disbursements to the extent of $16,130, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
We decline to disturb the Family Court’s award of counsel fees (see, Matter of O’Neil v O’Neil, 193 AD2d 16, 19-20), the evaluation thereof being committed to the sound discretion of the trial court, which is in a "superior position to judge those factors integral to the fixing of counsel fees” (Levine v Levine, 179 AD2d 625, 626). Certainly appellant’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- O'Neil v. O'NeilAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Levine v. LevineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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