Legal Opinion
Gitter v. Gitter
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 31, 1994PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals, as limited by her brief, from stated portions of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Durante, J.), dated February 8, 1993, which, inter alia, directed that the plaintiff pay her $200 per week for pendente lite maintenance and child support.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Modifications of pendente lite awards should rarely be made by an appellate court and then only under exigent circumstances such as when a party is unable to meet his or her financial obligations or when…
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