Wolf v. Wolf

— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jacqueline W. Silbermann, J.), entered March 3, 1988, which, inter alia, awarded plaintiff wife interim counsel fees in the sum of $20,000, unanimously modified, on the law and the facts, to the extent of striking the award of interim counsel fees with leave to renew application for same, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

It was error for the court below to have granted plaintiff’s motion for interim counsel fees in the sum of $20,000. Domestic Relations Law § 237 (a) provides for an award of counsel fees or litigation expenses on an interim basis,…