Lung v. Lung

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Lung v. Lung

13 A.D.2d 1014, 216 N.Y.S.2d 438, 1961 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10141

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJune 19, 1961

StatusPublished

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Lung v. Lung, 13 A.D.2d 1014, 216 N.Y.S.2d 438, 1961 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10141 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1961).

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In an action by a wife for a judicial separation, defendant appeals, as limited by his brief: (1) from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated January 10, 1961, as awarded to plaintiff alimony pendente lite of $100 a week and a counsel fee of $1,000, and directed defendant to pay the carrying charges on the house owned by them; and (2) from so much of an order of said court, dated March 2, 1961, as, upon reargument, awarded plaintiff alimony of $70 a week and a counsel fee of $800, and directed defendant to pay the carrying charges on the house. Order dated March 2, 1961, modified by reducing the counsel fee to $250, with leave to plaintiff to apply to the trial court for an additional counsel fee if so advised. As so modified, the order is affirmed, without costs. Appeal from the order of January 10, 1961, dismissed, without costs. That order was vacated by the subsequent order of March 2, 1961. In our opinion, the moving papers fail to show facts justifying the amount awarded for the counsel fee. We are unable to say that the award of temporary alimony is excessive. If, as defendant claims, his financial circumstances render him unable to pay the amount directed by the order, his best protection lies in obtaining a trial promptly (cf. Gross v. Gross, 8 A D 2d 951). If permanent alimony and an additional counsel fee shall be awarded by the trial court, his determination as to their amount should be made by him in the exercise of a sound discretion upon the basis of all the evidence adduced at the trial (cf. Schwam v. Schwam, 12 A D 2d 985). Nolan, P. J., Beldock, Ughetta, Christ and Brennan, JJ., concur.

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In an action by a wife for a judicial separation, defendant appeals, as limited by his brief: (1) from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated January 10, 1961, as awarded to plaintiff alimony pendente lite of $100 a week and a counsel fee of $1,000, and directed defendant to pay the carrying charges on the house owned by them; and (2) from so much of an order of said court, dated March 2, 1961, as, upon reargument, awarded plaintiff alimony of $70 a week and a counsel fee of $800, and directed defendant to pay the carrying charges on the house. Order dated March 2, 1961, modified by reducing the counsel fee to $250, with leave to plaintiff to apply to the trial court for an additional counsel fee if so advised. As so modified, the order is affirmed, without costs. Appeal from the order of January 10, 1961, dismissed, without costs. That order was vacated by the subsequent order of March 2, 1961. In our opinion, the moving papers fail to show facts justifying the amount awarded for the counsel fee. We are unable to say that the award of temporary alimony is excessive. If, as defendant claims, his financial circumstances render him unable to pay the amount directed by the order, his best protection lies in obtaining a trial promptly (cf. Gross v. Gross, 8 A D 2d 951). If permanent alimony and an additional counsel fee shall be awarded by the trial court, his determination as to their amount should be made by him in the exercise of a sound discretion upon the basis of all the evidence adduced at the trial (cf. Schwam v. Schwam, 12 A D 2d 985). Nolan, P. J., Beldock, Ughetta, Christ and Brennan, JJ., concur.

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13 A.D.2d 1014, 216 N.Y.S.2d 438, 1961 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10141, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/lung-v-lung-nyappdiv-1961.

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