Brody v. Brody

“Although voluntary payments are preferred while a proceeding is pending, a pendente lite award of child support is appropriate where . . . the voluntary payments are not sufficient to meet the reasonable needs and standard of living of the nonpaying party” (Shanon v Patterson, 294 AD2d 485, 485 [2002]; see Krantz v Krantz, 175 AD2d 863, 864 [1991]). Further, ‘ ‘ [m] edifications of pendente lite awards should rarely be made by an appellate court and then only under exigent circumstances, such as when a party cannot meet his or her financial obligations” (Nealis v Nealis, 71 AD3d 851, 852…