JORDAN v. JORDAN


2 A.D.3d 687 (2003)

770 N.Y.S.2d 86

KIMBERLY JORDAN, Respondent, v. PETER JORDAN, Appellant.

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

December 22, 2003.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The defendant's contention that the pendente lite relief awarded to the plaintiff was excessive is without merit. The purpose of an award of pendente lite relief is to "tide over the more needy party, not to determine the correct ultimate distribution" (Roach v Roach, 193 A.D.2d 660 [1993] [internal quotation marks omitted]). "Pendente lite awards should...

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