Levy v. Levy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by judgment dated August 12, 1999, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Borrelli, J.H.O.), entered October 10, 2002, which granted, without a hearing, that branch of the plaintiffs motion which was for an award of an attorney’s fee in the sum of $51,082.65, and an accountant’s fee in the sum of $14,279.50.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The award of counsel and accountant’s fees is controlled by the equities and circumstances of each particular case (see Domestic Relations Law §…
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