Legal Opinion

Gentile v. Gentile

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 31, 1963Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order, entered on August 16, 1963, awarding plaintiff temporary alimony and counsel fee, unanimously modified, on the law and on the facts, to the extent of reducing the counsel fee to the sum of $1,000, and, as so modified, affirmed, without costs. The award of $1,750 in our opinion was excessive. This case should be -brought to trial -by defendant without further delay. The best protection to both parties against any unfairness in the fixing of temporary alimony on the basis of affidavits is a speedy trial rather than an appeal. (Bleiman v. Bleiman, 272 App. Div. 760.) (Weisner v. Weisner,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Yudell v. YudellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
  2. Amos v. AmosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953

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