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MEZINEV v. TASHYBEKOVA

30079/16. Appeal No. 12416N. Case No. 2019-04737.

188 A.D.3d 537 (2020)

132 N.Y.S.3d 607

2020 NY Slip Op 06717

Velin Mezinev, Appellant, v. Bermet Tashybekova, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided November 17, 2020.

An award of interim counsel fees to the wife was proper as she was the less-monied spouse (Domestic Relations Law § 237). The court's award of only $100,000 of the more than $280,000 in fees requested by the wife is supported by the record (DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete, 70 N.Y.2d 879, 881 [1987]; see also Johnson v Chapin, 12 N.Y.3d 461, 467 [2009]). Furthermore, the interim award will...

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