Turret v. Turret

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Frank P. Ñervo, J.), entered February 16, 2016, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted defendant wife’s application for interim monthly maintenance in the amount of $11,564.78, tax-free, and $175,000 in interim counsel fees from plaintiff husband, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court properly applied the formula set forth in Domestic Relations Law § 236 (B) (5-a) in calculating the award of temporary spousal maintenance to the wife. In determining an upward departure from the presumptive amount was…