Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs to the respondent.
The Supreme Court awarded the father the sum of $2,500 in interim counsel fees upon his application for counsel fees in the sum of $8,000. The Supreme Court properly awarded the father counsel fees, without a hearing, incurred as a result of the mother's failure to abide by prior court orders (see Domestic Relations Law § 237 [b]; Johnson v Chapin,
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