Legal Opinion

Rivacoba v. Aceves

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 10, 2013PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Amended order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara Jaffe, J.), entered on or about April 9, 2012, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, awarded plaintiff wife $61,300 in temporary attorney fees, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Upon considering the relevant factors, the court exercised its discretion in a provident manner in its award of counsel fees to plaintiff (see DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete, 70 NY2d 879, 881 [1987]; Wechsler v Wechsler, 19 AD3d 157 [1st Dept 2005]). Nor did the award impose too great a financial burden on defendant husband under the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. DeCabrera v. Cabrera-RoseteNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. Granato v. GranatoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  3. Mimran v. MimranAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. Maidman v. MaidmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

3Cited by3 opinions

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  3. Straus v. StraussAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019

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