Mitchell v. Mitchell

—In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4 to enforce certain provisions of a resettled judgment of divorce, the appeal is from an order of the Family Court, Orange County (Slobod, J.), entered January 27, 1993, which awarded the petitioner counsel fees.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Contrary the the appellant’s contention, in this proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the court had the authority to entertain the petitioner’s application for counsel fees under Family Court Act § 438, even though the petitioner subsequently caused a proceeding under…