Mendenhall v. Mendenhall

In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Friedenberg, J.H.O.), entered May 31, 2002, which, inter alia, awarded the plaintiff child support in the sum of $580 every other week and an attorney’s fee in the sum of $2,000.

Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law and as an exercise of discretion, by deleting the provision thereof awarding the plaintiff an attorney’s fee in the sum of $2,000; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the…