SHAPIRO v. SHAPIRO


88 A.D.2d 592 (1982)

Monique Shapiro, Respondent, v. Maurice Shapiro, Appellant

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

May 3, 1982


Order modified by adding to the second decretal paragraph, after the words "counsel fees" the following: "with respect to her first and second causes of action only". As so modified, order affirmed, with $50 costs and disbursements to plaintiff.

There is no statutory authority to award counsel fees upon a nonmatrimonial cause of action (Lambert v Lambert, 45 A.D.2d 715). To the extent...

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