MATTER OF BROOKE M. v. CHRISTOPHER M.

Docket No. F-47523/14. Appeal No. 12484. Case No. 2019-03240.

188 A.D.3d 605 (2020)

132 N.Y.S.3d 745

2020 NY Slip Op 06957

In the Matter of Brooke M., Also Known as Brookelyn M., Appellant, v. Christopher M., Respondent.

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

Decided November 24, 2020.


The court erred in denying petitioner's motion for attorneys' fees without first conducting an evidentiary hearing to explore the issues of a vast financial disparity between the parties, the conduct of the parties throughout the litigation, and the reasonableness of the amount of the fees sought (see Matter of Brookelyn M. v Christopher M., 161 A.D.3d 662, 663 [1st...

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