Ford v. Ford

In the case of Greenberg v. Greenberg (134 App. Div. 419) this court held that where a wife appeals from a judgment of divorce her motion for counsel fees to prosecute the appeal will not be granted unless it is shown that the appeal has been taken in good faith and there is reasonable ground to believe it will be successful. It was also decided that the motion therefor “ should be made on a case, and the court should not attempt to determine the question as to whether there be any merit in the appeal on affidavits.”

Following the procedure outlined in the Greenberg case, the wife in the…