Schek v. Schek
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*626The award of a reasonable attorney’s fee is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court (see Domestic Relations Law § 237 [a]; DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete, 70 NY2d 879 [1987]). An award of an attorney’s fee should be based upon, inter alia, the relative financial circumstances of the parties, the relative merits of their positions, and the tactics of a party in unnecessarily prolonging the litigation (see Domestic Relations Law § 237 [a]; DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete, 70 NY2d at 881; Levy v Levy, 4 AD3d 398, 398-399 [2004]; Krutyansky v Krutyansky, 289 AD2d 299, 300 [2001]; Morrissey…
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- Lenczycki v. LenczyckiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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