Gebaide v. Gebaide

In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Phillips, Ct Atty Ref), dated December 18, 2006, as, upon vacating an order of the same court dated November 27, 2006, granting her motion for an award of counsel fees upon the father’s default, denied, without a hearing, her motion for counsel fees.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The Family Court has the power to award counsel fees in a custody matter pursuant to Domestic…