Palmeri v. Palmeri
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
An award of interim counsel fees is designed to create parity in divorce litigation by enabling the nonmonied spouse to litigate the action on equal footing with the monied spouse (see O’Shea v O’Shea, 93 NY2d 187, 193 [1999]; Gaffney-Romanello v Romanello, 82 AD3d 930 [2011]; Meltzer v Meltzer, 63 AD3d 702 [2009]; Prichep v Prichep, 52 AD3d 61, 65 [2008]). Thus, “an award of interim counsel fees to the nonmonied spouse will generally be warranted where there is a significant disparity in the financial circumstances of the parties” (Prichep v Prichep, 52 AD3d at 65). Here, the husband earned…
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