Katebi v. Hooshiari

—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Deutsch, J.H.O.), dated November 28, 2000, as, after a hearing, determined that the parties entered into a valid common-law marriage on February 1, 1988, and awarded the plaintiff temporary maintenance in the amount of $2,000 per month from September 1, 2000, retroactively, and an interim attorney’s fee in the amount of $35,000.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Contrary to the defendant’s…