Cohen v. Cohen

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Walter Schackman, J.), entered May 5, 1994, which, inter alia, granted plaintiff’s motion for pendente lite relief to the extent of directing defendant to pay $1,500 per week in temporary maintenance and $500 per week in interim child support, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

"In determining the amount of a temporary award, the court must arrive at an accommodation between the reasonable needs of the spouse making the application and the financial ability of the other spouse to provide for those needs.” (Hill v Hill, 121 AD2d 270, 271.) In this case,…