Case ID: ad3d_92/html/0555-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Amy Stuart Wells, Respondent, v Todd W. Serman, Appellant.
    [938 NYS2d 439]
   Supreme Court’s award of interim counsel fees to plaintiff, the monied spouse, based solely on defendant’s conduct in delaying the litigation, was improper under Domestic Relations Law § 237. An award of counsel fees under Domestic Relations Law § 237 cannot be made merely to punish a party for claimed discovery delays or for seeking a jury trial on grounds (see Silverman v Silverman, 304 AD2d 41, 47-48 [2003]). Concur— Andrias, J.E, Saxe, Acosta, Freedman and Richter, JJ.