Merrick v. Merrick

— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (David B. Saxe, J.), entered June 3, 1992, which, insofar as appealed from, directed plaintiff, pendente lite, to take all necessary steps to obtain life insurance coverage of $1 million naming defendant as irrevocable beneficiary, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Under the circumstances herein, it was within the court’s discretion to require plaintiff to obtain and maintain life insurance, pendente lite, so as to ensure support for defendant and the children in the event of plaintiff’s death (Domestic Relations Law § 236 [B] [8] [a]; see, Mulcahy v…