Legal Opinion
Sherman v. Sherman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 21, 2006PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*671In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by judgment entered August 21, 2001, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Gibson, Ct Atty Ref), dated January 31, 2005, which denied her motion for an award of an attorney’s fee.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Absent substantial compliance with 22 NYCRR 1400.3, which requires the execution and filing of a retainer agreement setting forth, inter alia, the terms of compensation and the nature of services to be rendered, an attorney may not recover a fee from an adversary spouse (see…
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