STERN v. STERN


67 A.D.2d 253 (1979)

Linda Stern, Respondent, v. Michael Stern, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

April 12, 1979


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Shapiro of counsel (Smith & Panish, attorneys), for appellant.

Angelo T. Cometa (Sheila Ginsberg with him on the brief; Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Balon, attorneys), for respondent.

KUPFERMAN J. P., and SANDLER, J., concur with SULLIVAN, J.; LANE and BLOOM, JJ., dissent in an opinion by BLOOM, J.


SULLIVAN, J.

The only issue in this proceeding in which the wife has obtained a judgment of divorce is the allowance to her counsel of a fee in the sum of $30,000 and disbursements of $7,500. We find the award to have been proper and, accordingly, would affirm.

As the dissent notes, there is no disagreement among us that the valuation placed on counsel's services and disbursements by Special Term was...

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