Legal Opinion
Wade v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 12, 2011PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Family Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the father’s objections to the Support Magistrate’s determination that the mother was due an attorney’s fee in the sum of *578$1,200 pursuant to Family Court Act § 438 (a) with respect to the petitions the mother filed seeking an upward modification of the father’s child support obligation (see Matter of Dinhofer v Zabezhanskaya, 79 AD3d 1039, 1040 [2010]; Matter of Nieves-Ford v Gordon, 47 AD3d 936, 937 [2008]; Matter of Katz v Pecora, 39 AD3d 646, 648 [2007]). The determination of whether to award an attorney’s fee is within the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nieves-Ford v. GordonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- Dinhofer v. ZabezhanskayaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Finell v. FinellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Sarfaty v. RecineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- Neuhauser v. EisenbergerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Burris v. BurrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
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