Landes v. Landes

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jacqueline Silbermann, J.), entered November 8, 1996, which granted defendant’s motion seeking to require plaintiff to pay his counsel fees and disbursements in defending this action to the extent of directing plaintiff to pay $7,000 to defendant’s attorney “as a fine for this patently frivolous action”, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the order vacated and the matter remanded for compliance with the requirements of 22 NYCRR 130-1.1.

Plaintiff-wife and defendant-husband were married on June 25, 1989. Two days prior to their marriage they…