RAVICHANDRAN v. RENJEN

Index No. 365208/21, Appeal No. 1824, Case No. 2023-02801.

2024 NY Slip Op 01260

AMRITH RAVICHANDRAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. POOJA RENJEN, Defendant-Respondent.

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

Decided March 7, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP, New York ( Nina S. Gross of counsel), for appellant.

Cohen Clair Lans Greifer & Simpson, LLP, New York ( Bernard E. Clair of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Oing, J.P., Moulton, Kapnick, Mendez, Shulman, JJ.


Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Kelly O'Neill Levy, J.), entered May 3, 2023, which, to the extent appealed from, granted defendant wife's motion for pendente lite counsel fees, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and defendant's motion for counsel fees denied.

Under the circumstances of this case, the court improperly awarded counsel fees to the wife (Domestic Relations Law § 237). Assuming the wife is the less monied spouse, the presumption...

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