Legal Opinion
Otto v. Otto
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 20, 2004PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant husband appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Sgroi, J.), dated March 14, 2003, as directed him to pay pendente lite maintenance and child support.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Modifications of pendente lite awards should rarely be made by an appellate court and then only under exigent circumstances (see Albanese v Albanese, 234 AD2d 489 [1996]). Under the circumstances of this case, the pendente lite order of the Supreme Court…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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