McHugh v. Weissman

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Rolando T. Acosta, J.), entered April 4, 2007, which, to the extent appealed from, denied petitioner’s motion for counsel fees and granted respondent Weissman’s cross motion for a declaration that the contested property does not belong to the subject trust, unanimously modified, on the law, the request for a declaratory judgment denied, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

Respondents defaulted in answering the petition commencing a special proceeding pursuant to CELR 7701. In seeking to hold respondents in contempt for failing to abide by the order…