JEAN VENTIMIGLIA v. VENTIMIGLIA


36 A.D.3d 899 (2007)

830 N.Y.S.2d 210

LAURIE JEAN VENTIMIGLIA, Respondent, v. BRUCE E. VENTIMIGLIA, Appellant.

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

Decided January 30, 2007.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In a matrimonial action, any award of attorneys' fees should be based, inter alia, on the relative financial circumstances of the parties, the relative merit of their positions, and the tactics of a party in unnecessarily prolonging the litigation (see Domestic Relations Law § 237 [a]; DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete, 70 N.Y.2d 879, 881 [1987]; Levy v Levy,

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