Shane v. Shane

In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Palmieri, J.), dated September 22, 2011, as granted the defendant’s motion for pendente lite relief to the extent of directing the plaintiff to pay the defendant temporary maintenance in the sum of $96,200 per year and interim counsel fees in the sum of $15,000.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

“ ‘Modifications of pendente lite awards should rarely be made by an appellate court and then only under exigent circumstances, such…