Opinion
No. 2006-04548.
December 18, 2007.
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff appeals from stated portions of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Walker, J.), dated April 25, 2006, which, after a hearing, inter alia, directed him to pay the defendant pendente lite maintenance in the amount of $900 per month and an interim attorney's fee in the sum of $10,000.
Peter Petrov, Stamford, Connecticutt, appellant pro se.
Anne Gilleece, White Plains, N.Y., for respondent.
Before Crane, J.P., Fisher, Carni and McCarthy, JJ.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
We decline to disturb the award to the defendant of pendente lite maintenance as it was a proper accommodation between the reasonable needs of the defendant and the financial ability of the plaintiff ( see Stubbs v Stubbs, 41 AD3d 832, 833; Barone v Barone, 41 AD3d 623, 624; Iwanow v Iwanow, 39 AD3d 471, 472).
In light of the financial disparity between the parties, the award of an interim attorney's fee was a provident exercise of the court's discretion ( see Stubbs v Stubbs, 41 AD3d 832; Cooper v Cooper, 32 AD3d 376, 377; Singer v Singer, 16 AD3d 666, 667).
The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit.