Pierot v. Pierot

Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered May 7, 1975, denying plaintiff’s motion for support pendente lite and counsel fees unanimously affirmed. Respondents shall recover of appellant $40 costs and disbursements of this appeal. As stated by Special Term, the action herein is nonmatrimonial in nature (see Johnson v Johnson, 206 NY 561; Riemer r Riemer, 31 AD2d 482) and accordingly, sections 236 and 237 of the Domestic Relations Law are not applicable to this action. Moreover, while the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to award support separate and apart from a matrimonial action (Kagen v…