Eves v. Eves

—In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by a judgment dated May 6, 1997, and in which the defendant former husband’s application dated March 2, 1998, for a modification of the custody provision of the judgment was settled by an in-court stipulation, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Gowan, J.), entered June 8, 1998, which granted the application of the plaintiff former wife for counsel fees incurred in connection with the defendant’s modification application and awarded her the sum of $7,020.

Ordered that the appeal is dismissed,…