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Hansen v. Hansen

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 16, 1982
86 A.D.2d 859 (N.Y. App. Div. 1982)

Opinion

February 16, 1982


In a matrimonial action, the defendant husband appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of a judgment of divorce of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Underwood, J.), entered July 22, 1981, as awarded a counsel fee of $3,500 to the plaintiff wife's attorney. Judgment reversed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements, the decretal paragraph awarding counsel fees is deleted, and the matter is remitted to Special Term for a hearing consistent herewith. Special Term awarded a counsel fee of $3,500 to plaintiff's attorney (exclusive of a $1,000 retainer which plaintiff charged on defendant's credit card as to which the latter has undertaken to pay) solely on conflicting affidavits and written statements of financial worth. A hearing should be held so as to do justice between the contending parties. ( Wood v. Wood, 73 A.D.2d 963; Yagoda v Yagoda, 73 A.D.2d 619.) It will be necessary to determine (1) an appropriate counsel fee for the plaintiff's attorney and (2) the relative financial circumstances of the parties, so as to permit a proper allocation of the fee. Gibbons, J.P., Gulotta, O'Connor and Bracken, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Hansen v. Hansen

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 16, 1982
86 A.D.2d 859 (N.Y. App. Div. 1982)
Case details for

Hansen v. Hansen

Case Details

Full title:LENORE HANSEN, Respondent, v. FREDERICK HANSEN, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Feb 16, 1982

Citations

86 A.D.2d 859 (N.Y. App. Div. 1982)

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