King v. King

In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Connolly, J.), entered May 10, 2011, which, upon a stipulation of settlement dated December 13, 2010, granted her motion for an award of an attorney’s fee in the sum of $66,623.56 only to the extent of awarding her the sum of $25,000.

Ordered that the order is modified, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, by increasing the award of an attorney’s fee from the sum of $25,000 to the sum of $45,000; as so modified, the order is affirmed, with costs to the…