Opinion
2012-05-31
Mariellen Lane BRADLEY, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Peter William BRADLEY, Defendant–Appellant.
Glenn S. Koopersmith, Garden City, for appellant. Chemtob Moss Forman & Talbert, LLP, New York (Michael F. Beyda of counsel), for respondent.
Glenn S. Koopersmith, Garden City, for appellant. Chemtob Moss Forman & Talbert, LLP, New York (Michael F. Beyda of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ellen Gesmer, J.), entered May 6, 2011, which granted plaintiff's motion to direct defendant to pay her $25,000 to enable her to retain counsel in an out-of-state non-matrimonial action and to pay any subsequent legal fees she incurs therein, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.
In a matrimonial action, the court is not authorized to award counsel fees to either party for legal services rendered in a non-matrimonial action or proceeding, even where the two actions are related ( see e.g. Schapiro v. Schapiro, 204 A.D.2d 87, 612 N.Y.S.2d 6 [1994];Anonymous v. Anonymous, 258 A.D.2d 547, 685 N.Y.S.2d 294 [1999];Ravel v. Ravel, 235 A.D.2d 410, 652 N.Y.S.2d 306 [1997] ).