Gabrelian v. Gabrelian
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bracken, J.
While inherent power resides in the courts of record in this State to impose financial sanctions upon parties or their attorneys who engage in abusive litigation practices, based upon the circumstances of the case before us we conclude that Special Term’s exercise of its inherent power constituted an improvident exercise of discretion and, therefore, the order, insofar as it imposed such a sanction, must be reversed.
For purposes of this appeal, the pertinent facts may be simply stated. Plaintiff wife was granted a judgment of divorce in 1975 *446on the ground of…
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