Greco v Greco, 2018 NY Slip Op 03511 [161 AD3d 955]

May 16, 2018

Appellate Division, Second Department

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Robert Greco, Respondent,

v

Susan Greco, Appellant.

Lawrence J. Glynn, White Plains, NY (Neal D. Futerfas of counsel), for appellant.

Leonard R. Sperber, Garden City, NY (Michelle S. Stein of counsel), for respondent.

In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Geoffrey J. O’Connell, J.H.O.), dated April 20, 2016. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the defendant’s motion for counsel fees only to the extent of awarding her the sum of $12,000.

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

The parties were married in 1999 and have children together. In May 2010, the plaintiff commenced this action for a divorce and ancillary relief. Following a custody trial, the plaintiff was awarded full custody of the children. Thereafter, a trial was held on the financial issues, and the Supreme Court issued a judgment of divorce. The defendant appealed from certain aspects of the judgment. Thereafter, the defendant applied for counsel fees for work connected with her appeal. The court awarded her the sum of $12,000, and the defendant appeals.

Under the circumstances, we find no basis to disturb the award. Leventhal, J.P., Cohen, Maltese and Barros, JJ., concur..