O'Shea v. O'Shea

In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by judgment entered January 3, 1996, which, in effect, severed the issue of the amount of *386counsel fees to be awarded to the plaintiff former wife and directed a hearing on that issue, the defendant former husband appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (McCabe, J.), entered February 5, 1997, which, after a hearing (Kingston, J.), is in favor of the plaintiff and against him in the sum of $149,923 for counsel fees. By decision and order of this Court dated April 27, 1998, the judgment was modified by deleting the…