Costopoulos v. DeCoursey

Appeal from that part of an order of the Supreme Court (Ryba, J.), entered August 26, 2016 in Albany County, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied plaintiff’s cross motion for sanctions.

Plaintiff retained defendants in connection with a Family Court matter involving, among other things, the collection of past due support payments. Following plaintiff’s failure to pay her legal fees, the matter was submitted to arbitration pursuant to the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts. In an arbitration award, defendants were awarded the…