Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1981

Kallman v. Kallman

Kallman v. Kallman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided February 23, 1981
80 A.D.2d 635; 436 N.Y.S.2d 1011; 1981 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10336
Kallman v. Kallman

Opinion of the Court

In a matrimonial action, plaintiff appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, dated January 10, *6361980, as denied her motion pursuant to section 244 of the Domestic Relations Law, for the entry of a judgment against her former husband in the amount of $13,725, which sum allegedly represents the defendant’s liability for counsel fees incurred by plaintiff since the entry of the judgment of divorce. Order affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements. Contrary to plaintiff’s contention, the sum which the defendant may ultimately owe regarding her claim for counsel fees is neither certain nor readily ascertainable. Accordingly, Special Term properly refused to enter judgment against the defendant pursuant to section 244 of the Domestic Relations Law in the amount demanded. Gibbons, J.P., Rabin, Gulotta and Margett, JJ., concur.

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