Case Name: Sheila Lightcap, Respondent, v. Mark N. Lightcap, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-02-27
Citations: 236 A.D.2d 332
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sheila Lightcap, Respondent, v Mark N. Lightcap, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 236
Pages: 332–332

Head Matter:
Sheila Lightcap, Respondent, v Mark N. Lightcap, Appellant.
[654 NYS2d 22]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (David Saxe, J.), entered October 24, 1995, awarding plaintiff temporary attorneys' and experts' fees of $45,000 and $12,500 payable immediately and $45,000 and $12,500 payable one week before commencement of the trial, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The challenged award appropriately enables plaintiff, who has been a full-time homemaker and mother of the parties' two small children and has no independent income, to utilize legal and accounting services in discovering the income and assets of defendant, who earns more than $1.5 million annually (Domestic Relations Law § 237; DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete, 70 NY2d 879). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Rubin and Andrias, JJ.