Hardy v. Hardy

—In a mat*516rimonial action, Avi J. Hasten appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Parga, J.), entered May 4, 2000, which, sua sponte, directed him to pay a sanction of $500 to the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-2.1.

Ordered that on the Court’s own motion, the appellant’s notice of appeal is treated as an application for leave to appeal, and leave to appeal is granted (see, CPLR 5701 [c]); and it is further,

Ordered that the order is modified, as a matter of discretion, by reducing the amount of the sanction from $500 to $150; as so modified, the…