Legal Opinion
Morrison v. Morrison
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 26, 1998PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (DiBlasi, J.), dated August 1, 1996, which, sua sponte, directed him to pay sanctions in the aggregate sum of $1,000.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Westchester County, for further proceedings in accordance herewith.
We disagree with the defendant’s claim that, as a matter of law, he did nothing to warrant the imposition of sanctions.
A court may impose sanctions sua sponte,…
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