Court Opinion

ID: 5842509
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 23:32:37.547467+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:43:49.085826
License: Public Domain

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.