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Cullen v. Cullen

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Oct 5, 1990
166 A.D.2d 889 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

Opinion

October 5, 1990

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Erie County, Manz, J.

Present — Callahan, J.P., Green, Balio, and Davis, JJ.


Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Defendant husband argues on appeal that Supreme Court, in making a temporary award of a credit card allowance of $4,000 per month, has, in effect, awarded plaintiff additional maintenance pendente lite. Plaintiff wife concedes that the court has effectively awarded her additional temporary maintenance, but argues that if defendant feels aggrieved by this temporary award, his remedy is to seek a speedy trial rather than to appeal the temporary order. We agree. This court has held that the remedy for any claimed inequity in an award of temporary maintenance is a speedy trial, not an appeal (Clancy v. Clancy, 122 A.D.2d 563; Williams v Williams, 105 A.D.2d 1160; Cloutier v. Cloutier, 94 A.D.2d 974; Sterlace v. Sterlace, 63 A.D.2d 450; Kunerth v. Kunerth, 58 A.D.2d 1010; Vesper v. Vesper, 46 A.D.2d 729).


Summaries of

Cullen v. Cullen

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Oct 5, 1990
166 A.D.2d 889 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
Case details for

Cullen v. Cullen

Case Details

Full title:JAC'LINE CULLEN, Respondent, v. JOHN S. CULLEN, Appellant

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

Date published: Oct 5, 1990

Citations

166 A.D.2d 889 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)