Order reversed, without costs, and motion denied.
There is no statutory authority to award a counsel fee and printing expenses upon a nonmatrimonial cause of action (cf. Domestic Relations Law, §§ 237, 238). Consequently, Special Term lacked the power to make such an award here (Silbert v. Silbert,
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