Ciociano v. Ciociano
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a matrimonial action in which the complaint was dismissed by order dated November 22, 2006, the defendant wife appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Iannacci, J.), dated June 14, 2007, as denied her motion for an award of an attorney’s fee.
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, with costs, and the defendant’s motion is granted to the extent that the defendant is awarded an attorney’s fee in the sum of $25,000.
“The decision to award [an] attorney’s fee lies, in the first instance, in the…
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