Vecciarelli v Vecciarelli

Vecciarelli v Vecciarelli 2011 NY Slip Op 09631 Decided on December 27, 2011 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on December 27, 2011
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKAPPELLATE DIVISION : SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
RUTH C. BALKIN
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL
ARIEL E. BELEN, JJ.
2010-07678
(Index No. 15775/08)

[*1]Charisse Vecciarelli, appellant,

v

Michael Vecciarelli, respondent.




Lawrence Ivan Horowitz, Katonah, N.Y. (Carl F. Lodes of counsel),
for appellant.
Michael Vecciarelli, Oakland, New Jersey, respondent pro se.


DECISION & ORDER

In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Connolly, J.), entered July 9, 2010, which, upon a stipulation of settlement dated March 10, 2010, granted her motion for an award of an attorney's fee only to the extent of awarding her the sum of $40,000.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Considering the parties' relative circumstances and all of the relevant factors, including the pendente lite award of an attorney's fee to the plaintiff in the sum of $10,000, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in awarding the plaintiff the sum of only $40,000 in additional attorney's fees after the parties settled all other issues relating to this action (see Domestic Relations Law § 237[a]; DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete, 70 NY2d 879, 881; Ciociano v Ciociano, 54 AD3d 797; Sevdinoglou v Sevdinoglou, 40 AD3d 959; Levine v Levine, 24 AD3d 625, 626; Palumbo v Palumbo, 10 AD3d 680).
DILLON, J.P., BALKIN, LEVENTHAL and BELEN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court