Case Name: Karen Weinstein, Respondent, v. Gene Weinstein, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-03-01
Citations: 51 A.D.2d 901
Docket Number: 
Parties: Karen Weinstein, Respondent, v Gene Weinstein, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 901–901

Head Matter:
Karen Weinstein, Respondent, v Gene Weinstein, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order, Family Court, New York County, entered August 18, 1975, awarding petitioner, on a means basis, the sum of $270 on the 15th and 30th days of each month, as support for herself and the infant child of the parties (allocated $90 to petitioner and $180 for the child), plus a $500 counsel fee payable $100 a month, unanimously modified, on the law, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, to the extent of reducing petitioner's support to $45 semimonthly commencing as of February 15, 1976, and permitting respondent to pay the counsel fee in consecutive monthly installments of $50. Except as so modified, said order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements. On the record before us the award to petitioner was excessive to the extent indicated; and reducing the monthly payment on account of the counsel fee will appropriately lessen the burden on respondent. Concur— Kupferman, J. P., Murphy, Lupiano, Birns and Lane, JJ.