Legal Opinion
Dalessandro v. O'Brien
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 23, 2001PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a visitation proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals, by permission, as limited by his brief, from so much of *593an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Koenig, J.), entered August 31, 2000, as awarded the mother an interim attorney’s fee in the sum of $15,000.
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, with costs, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Nassau County, for a determination consistent herewith.
The award of an attorney’s fee is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court (see, Olesh v Auerbach, 227 AD2d…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rahmey v. BlumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Olesh v. AuerbachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Lazaar v. LazaarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
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