Braverman v. Braverman

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Deborah A. Kaplan, J.), entered September 11, 2015, which, to the extent appealed from, granted the guardian ad litem’s motion for sanctions against nonparty David A. Mayer pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-1.1 and directed Mayer to pay $1,500 to the Lawyer’s Fund for Client Protection, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court’s imposition of sanctions pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-1.1 did not constitute a “clear abuse of discretion” (Pickens v Castro, 55 AD3d 443, 444 [1st Dept 2008]). The court’s resolution of the motion finds support in the totality of the…