Opinion
March 23, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Schmidt, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Under the circumstances of this case, the Supreme Court properly awarded the former wife counsel fees in the sum of $2,500 without conducting a hearing (see, Domestic Relations Law § 237 [b]).
O'Brien, J. P., Ritter, Thompson, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.