Legal Opinion
Israel v. Israel
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 19, 2000PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Brennan, J.), dated March 31, 1999, as denied his objection to an order of the same court (Miller, H.E.), dated September 16, 1998, which awarded the petitioner $22,500 as an attorney’s fee.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Family Court Act § 438 authorizes an award of an attorneys’ fee in support proceedings. The factors to be considered when computing such an award include “the parties’…
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