Legal Opinion
Furst v. Furst
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 14, 1982PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— In a matrimonial action, plaintiff husband appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lerner, J.), entered April 23, 1981, which denied his motion for downward modification of alimony payments and directed him to pay the sum of $2,500 to defendant wife as counsel fees. Order modified, on the law, by deleting the second decretal paragraph thereof. As so modified, order affirmed, without costs or disbursements. The award of counsel fees to defendant was improper. She failed to demonstrate an inability to pay such fees (see Standley v Standley, 83 AD2d 863; Palmer v Palmer, 76…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Palmer v. PalmerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Standley v. StandleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Ackerman v. AckermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Cook v. CookAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Baynon v. BaynonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Rough v. KandellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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