Legal Opinion
Fisher v. Fisher
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 18, 1994PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis R. Friedman, J.), entered May 16, 1994, which, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for an award of interim counsel fees in this divorce action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Domestic Relations Law § 237 authorizes an award of interim counsel fees to enable the other spouse to carry on or to defend the action, having regard to the circumstances of the case and of the respective parties (Wolf v Wolf, 160 AD2d 555, 556). While it is true that a party may be awarded interim counsel fees even when the party possesses his or her own assets…
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