Selznick v. Selznick

—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, (1) the defendant husband appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Ponterio, J.), dated June 9, 1997, as denied that branch of his cross motion which was to vacate so much of a preliminary conference order of the same court, dated April 9, 1997, as directed him to pay the cost of appraisals of certain real property and an accountant’s report, and (2) the plaintiff wife cross-appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of the order dated June 9, 1997, as awarded her pendente lite maintenance retroactive only to…