Opinion
July 12, 1985
Appeal from the Erie County Family Court, Killeen, J.
Present — Hancock, Jr., J.P., Denman, Green, O'Donnell and Pine, JJ.
Order unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and matter remitted to Erie County Family Court for a hearing, in accordance with the following memorandum: While it was not an abuse of discretion to award counsel fees to petitioner based on the relative financial circumstances of the parties ( see, Matter of Kwit v. Kwit, 91 A.D.2d 1175), it was an abuse of discretion to award the amount of counsel fees requested, without affording respondent the opportunity to elicit further information on the reasonable value of those services ( see, Weinberg v. Weinberg, 95 A.D.2d 828, 829).