Colaitis v. Colaitis — 256 A.D.2d 300

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p. 300

Gerasimos Colaitis, Appellant, v Denise Colaitis, Respondent.

[681 NYS2d 760]

—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Lifson, J.), dated September 11, 1997, as awarded the defendant an attorney’s fee in the sum of $15,000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in requiring the plaintiff to pay one-half of the defendant’s attorney’s fee (see, Domestic Relations Law § 237; DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete, 70 NY2d 879 ; Rice v Rice, 222 AD2d 493 ; Reehill v Reehill, 181 AD2d 725 ).

The plaintiffs remaining contention is without merit. Rosenblatt, J. P., Ritter, Copertino and McGinity, JJ., concur.

Cases cited

DeCabrera v. Cabrera-Rosete 70 NY2d 879 N.Y. 1987-12-15 p. 300
Rice v. Rice 222 AD2d 493 N.Y. App. Div. 1995-12-11 p. 300
Reehill v. Reehill 181 AD2d 725 N.Y. App. Div. 1992-03-09 p. 300

Statutes and regulations cited

Domestic Relations Law p. 300