Legal Opinion
Tuglu v. Crowley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 13, 2012PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*863In a visitation proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Rockland County (Warren, J.), entered July 12, 2011, which, without a hearing, granted the mother’s motion for an award of an attorney’s fee to the extent of awarding her an attorney’s fee in the sum of $3,500.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
An award of an attorney’s fee in a proceeding under the Family Court Act is entrusted to the sound discretion of the Family Court (see Matter of Burris v Burris, 91 AD3d 866, 867 [2012]; Matter of Wade…
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- Bengard v. BengardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- Burris v. BurrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- Wade v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
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