Legal Opinion
Musachio v. Musachio
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 25, 2011PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Bivona, J.), dated September 21, 2009, which, inter alia, granted that branch of the motion of the nonparty, Kenneth J. Weinstein, which was for leave to withdraw as her counsel.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
“The decision to grant or deny permission for counsel to withdraw lies within the discretion of the trial court, and the court’s decision should not be overturned absent a showing of an improvident exercise of discretion” (Cashdan…
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