Hockenbrought v. Hockenbrought

Order unanimously reversed, without costs, and proceeding dismissed. Memorandum: This appeal is from a Family Court order which granted defendant-respondent wife $4,500 for attorneys’ fees for services alleged to have been rendered in proceedings referred to Family Court by Supreme Court in connection with a divorce action. Appellant contends that Family Court had no jurisdiction to award counsel fees pendente lite after final judgment had already been entered in the divorce action, and further that in making the award, based on the circumstances of the case, the court abused its discretion.…