Legal Opinion
Berlly v. Berlly
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 31, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff husband appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Mc-Caffrey, J.), dated March 14, 1996, as granted the defendant wife’s motion for a pendente lite award of maintenance, child support, and counsel and expert’s fees.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Modifications of pendente lite awards should rarely be made by an appellate court and then only under exigent circumstances such as where a party is unable to meet his or her financial…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Salerno v. SalernoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Gianni v. GianniAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Polito v. PolitoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Shapiro v. ShapiroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Raniolo v. RanioloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Cervetti v. YankowitzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Anderson v. AndersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- Palazzo v. PalazzoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998