Spaght v. Spaght

Motion by defendant wife for an order directing plaintiff to pay reasonable expenses of defendant’s counsel to conduct pretrial investigation in various parts of the world and for other related relief is disposed of as follows:

Section 237 of the Domestic Relations Law empowers this court, in the interests of substantial justice, to direct a husband *952to pay such sums of money as are reasonably necessary to prosecute or defend a matrimonial action. In the instant case, the plaintiff husband has charged his wife with alleged misconduct in London, Rio de Janeiro, 'Caracas, Puerto Rico, Australia…