Payne v. Blink

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold B. Beeler, J), entered January 3, 2007, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied defendant husband’s cross motion for dismissal of the instant action, awarded plaintiff wife $7,500 to be used to hire a forensic accountant on the issue of the extent, if any, of defendant’s ownership interest in his business, awarded plaintiff maintenance pendente lite in the amount of $6,000 per month, retroactive to November 3, 2006, and directed the payment of $15,000 to the wife’s counsel, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff…