Denton v. Barr

*631On a prior appeal, this Court found, inter alia, that pursuant to the parties’ stipulation of settlement, petitioner was “entitled to attorney’s fees and we accordingly remand for a hearing to determine the amount of those fees” (Matter of Thomas B. v Lydia D., 69 AD3d 24, 32 [2009]). There is no merit to respondent’s argument that petitioner was not entitled to attorney’s fees under the terms of the parties’ stipulation. However, we find that the court, in determining the amount of fees due to petitioner, relied on documents that constituted inadmissible hearsay, namely, billing statements…