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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