Order modified, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, by reducing the award of counsel fees awarded to the plaintiff from $9,345 to $1,500. As so modified, order affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The plaintiff is entitled to an award of counsel fees for amounts expended in defense of the defendant's application for a change of custody of the parties' son (see, Domestic Relations Law § 237 [b];
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