Wechsler v. Wechsler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*158Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Judith J. Gische, J.), entered December 15, 2004, which, inter alia, awarded plaintiff additional interim unallocated fees of $475,000, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The award appropriately reflects the parties’ economic disparity, defendant’s control over his receipt of income from a business in which he is the sole shareholder, the complexity of the litigation, and evidence of the nature and extent of the legal and appraisal services rendered, and is otherwise a proper exercise of discretion (see DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete, 70 NY2d 879, 881…
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