Opinion
2002-07749
Submitted September 12, 2003.
October 20, 2003.
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant Warren Estis appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (LaMarca, J.), dated August 2, 2002, which granted the plaintiff's motion for additional interim counsel fees to the extent of awarding her the sum of $150,000.
Morrison, Cohen, Singer Weinstein, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Robert Stephan Cohen and Robert L. Savino of counsel), for appellant.
Sheresky, Aaronson Mayefsky, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Norman M. Sheresky and Lawrence D. Trachtenberg of counsel), for respondent.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., SONDRA MILLER, LEO F. McGINITY, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Under the circumstances of this case, the Supreme Court did not err in awarding the additional interim counsel fees in question.
SANTUCCI, J.P., S. MILLER, McGINITY and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.