Legal Opinion

Vecciarelli v. Vecciarelli

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 27, 2011Published

1Opinion of the Court

Considering the parties’ relative circumstances and all of the *1034relevant factors, including the pendente lite award of an attorney’s fee to the plaintiff in the sum of $10,000, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in awarding the plaintiff the sum of only $40,000 in additional attorney’s fees after the parties settled all other issues relating to this action (see Domestic Relations Law § 237 [a]; DeCabrera v CabreraRosete, 70 NY2d 879, 881 [1987]; Ciociano v Ciociano, 54 AD3d 797 [2008]; Sevdinoglou v Sevdinoglou, 40 AD3d 959 [2007]; Levine v Levine, 24 AD3d 625, 626 [2005];…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. DeCabrera v. Cabrera-RoseteNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. Palumbo v. PalumboAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  3. Sevdinoglou v. SevdinoglouAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  4. Ciociano v. CiocianoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  5. Levine v. LevineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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