Legal Opinion
Castelonia v. Castelonia
New York Family Court
Decided April 9, 1979PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Howard Miller, J.
The within application for counsel fees is denied without prejudice to any fee which the attorney may receive as assigned counsel under section 722 of the County Law. The applying attorney was assigned to represent the petitioner as an assigned counsel.
There appear to be few available decisions on this issue. One case, People v Matalon (92 Misc 2d 254) involves a Public Defender attorney seeking additional fees from a defendant in a criminal proceeding. While a criminal count of extortion arising out of such demand for said additional fee was dismissed as…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Werfel v. AgrestaNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. PerryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
- People v. WashingtonNew York Supreme Court · 1975
- People v. Woodford, New York County Courts1975
- People v. LewisCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1976
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Department of Social Services v. GabrielNew York City Family Court · 1979