Dempsey v. Arreglado

Appeals (1) from an order of the Family Court of Ulster County (Mizel, J.), entered October 12, 2010, which, in two proceedings pursuant to Family Ct Act article 4, among other things, granted petitioner’s motion to dismiss respondent’s affirmative defenses, and (2) from an order of said court, entered June 9, 2011, which, among other things, granted petitioner’s motion for an award of counsel fees.

The parties are the parents of one child (born in 1993) and, following several years of bitter litigation, their marriage ended in a 2004 divorce judgment that provided for joint legal custody as…