Legal Opinion
Cronin v. Cronin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 5, 1990PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
With respect to the wife’s claim for counsel fees pendente lite, we find that the wife established her financial inability to pay (see, Domestic Relations Law § 237; Ahern v Ahern, 94 AD2d 53; Palmer v Palmer, 76 AD2d 905). However, we find that the award of $20,000 was unwarranted because the wife’s counsel failed to provide adequate documentation regarding the services rendered. While counsel’s affirmation did set forth certain services performed on the wife’s behalf, the handwritten time records provided were, for the most part, illegible (see, Goodson v Goodson, 135 AD2d 604; Baecher v…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ahern v. AhernAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Palmer v. PalmerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Goodson v. GoodsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Baecher v. BaecherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
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