Legal Opinion

Weekley v. Weekley

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

Decided February 19, 2002Published

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Scancarelli, J.), entered *491November 3, 2000, which denied her motion, without prejudice, for pendente lite counsel fees.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Domestic Relations Law § 237 (a), inter alia, provides that the Supreme Court, in its discretion and having regard to the circumstances of the case and of the parties, may award pendente lite counsel fees to enable a spouse to proceed in a divorce action. The Supreme Court providently exercised its…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McCarthy v. McCarthyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  2. Fisher v. FisherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. Louis v. GainesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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