Dong Kim v. Yong Ja Kim

OPINION OF THE COURT

H. Patrick Leis, III, J.

This decision will deal with two issues. The first concerns *969whether or not misstatements made by the plaintiff in his net worth affidavit filed with the court and relied on by the court in awarding defendant pendente lite support and maintenance constitute deceit warranting this court in holding plaintiff in contempt pursuant to section 753 (A) (2) of the Judiciary Law. The second issue deals with defendant’s application for counsel fees.

The parties married in November 1968 in South Korea and lived there for one and one-half years before moving to…