Case Name: Ida Light, Respondent, v. Harry Light, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1967-12-04
Citations: 29 A.D.2d 540
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ida Light, Respondent, v. Harry Light, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 29
Pages: 540–540

Head Matter:
Ida Light, Respondent, v. Harry Light, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated October 18, 1965 and made on reargument, modified, on the law and the facts, by (1) striking out its decretal provisions directing defendant to make payments (a) to plaintiff for temporary support of plaintiff and a child of the parties and for a counsel fee and (b) for the mortgage and utilities for the marital home and (2) adding a decretal paragraph providing that plaintiff's motion insofar as it is for such payments is referred to the trial court for determination upon the proof adduced at the trial, which determination may make appropriate allowance nunc pro tune as of the return day of plaintiff's original motion. As so modified, order affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs. Applications for temporary alimony should not be made or encouraged unless there is genuine necessity (Haas v. Haas, 271 App. Div. 107; see, Hunter v. Hunter, 10 A D 2d 291, 297). In the case at bar, plaintiff admitted joint ownership with defendant of stocks and bonds totalling about $15,000 in market value and that she had full control of a Totten Trust savings bank account in the amount of $10,000. On this record we are unable to say that plaintiff has demonstrated that she has any need for the present award of alimony pendente lite or of counsel fees to enable her to carry on the action (Kaplan v. Kaplan, 25 A D 2d 563). The action should proceed to trial promptly. If warranted by the proof, the trial court may make an appropriate allowance nunc pro tune as of the return day of the original motion for alimony pendente lite (Margel v. Margel, 22 A D 2d 919). The decision upon this appeal is without prejudice to any such determination; Beldock, P. J., Brennan, Rabin, Hopkins and Benjamin, JJ.; concur.