Legal Opinion
Sayegh v. Sayegh
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 25, 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff was properly awarded an attorney’s fee in the sum of $7,000 pursuant to a stipulation of settlement, incorporated into but not merged with the parties’ judgment of divorce, which provided that an attorney’s fee would be awarded in the event of a breach of the stipulation (see Mirkin v Mirkin, 43 AD3d 1115 [2007]; Shanon v Patterson, 38 AD3d 519 [2007]; Arato v Arato, 15 AD3d 511, 512 [2005]; Sieratzki v Sieratzki, 8 AD3d 552 [2004]; Matter of Tito v Tito, 276 AD2d 559 [2000]; Matter of Curiel v Curiel, 262 AD2d 639 [1999]; Swift v Swift, 260 AD2d 466 [1999]).
The plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sieratzki v. SieratzkiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- Arato v. AratoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Shanon v. PattersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Mirkin v. MirkinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Tito v. TitoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
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3Cited by3 opinions
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