The court providently exercised its discretion in awarding counsel fees, given the evidence of the large discrepancy in the parties' respective incomes, the significant business investments within defendant's control, the nature of the issues in dispute, and plaintiff's lack of sufficient funds of her own to compensate counsel without depleting her limited assets (see Domestic Relations Law § 237 [a]; Charpié v Charpié,
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