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HUSBAND’S ATTORNEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED ON THE GROUND SHE WOULD BE A WITNESS FOR THE WIFE, PLENARY ACTION SEEKING TO SET ASIDE A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT PROPERLY JOINED WITH DIVORCE ACTION, INTERIM ATTORNEY’S FEES NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE ACTION TO SET ASIDE THE PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined (1) husband's counsel should not have been disqualified on the ground she would be a witness, (2) the plenary action seeking to set aside the prenuptial agreement on grounds of duress, coercion, undue influence and unconscionabiltiy is properly joined with the divorce action, (3) and interim attorney's fees are not available for the action to set aside the prenuptial agreement:

Rule 3.7 of the Rules of Professional Conduct… provides that, unless certain exceptions apply, “[a] lawyer shall not act as advocate before a tribunal in a matter in which the lawyer is likely to be a witness on a significant issue of fact” … . In order to disqualify counsel on the ground that he or she may be called as a witness, a party moving for disqualification must demonstrate that (1) the testimony of the opposing party's counsel is necessary to his or her case, and (2) such testimony would be prejudicial to the opposing party… . Here, the wife failed to demonstrate that [the attorney's] testimony will be necessary to her case … . …

“The trial court has broad discretion in determining whether to order consolidation”(… see CPLR 602[a]). The interests of justice and judicial economy are better served by consolidation or a joint trial in those cases where the actions share material questions of law or fact … . A motion to consolidate or join for trial should be granted absent a showing of prejudice to a substantial right by a party opposing the motion … . …

The Supreme Court should not have awarded the wife interim counsel fees in the sum of $10,000 pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 237, as that statute does not permit the recovery of fees for legal work performed on nonmatrimonial matters, including where, as here, a party seeks an award of counsel fees incurred in an action to set aside a prenuptial agreement … . Lombardi v Lombardi, 2018 NY Slip Op 05758, Second Dept 8-15-18

FAMILY LAW (HUSBAND'S ATTORNEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED ON THE GROUND SHE WOULD BE A WITNESS FOR THE WIFE, PLENARY ACTION SEEKING TO SET ASIDE A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT PROPERLY JOINED WITH DIVORCE ACTION, INTERIM ATTORNEY'S FEES NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE ACTION TO SET ASIDE THE PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT (SECOND DEPT))/ATTORNEYS (FAMILY LAW, HUSBAND'S ATTORNEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED ON THE GROUND SHE WOULD BE A WITNESS FOR THE WIFE, PLENARY ACTION SEEKING TO SET ASIDE A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT PROPERLY JOINED WITH DIVORCE ACTION, INTERIM ATTORNEY'S FEES NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE ACTION TO SET ASIDE THE PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT (SECOND DEPT))/CIVIL PROCEDURE (HUSBAND'S ATTORNEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED ON THE GROUND SHE WOULD BE A WITNESS FOR THE WIFE, PLENARY ACTION SEEKING TO SET ASIDE A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT PROPERLY JOINED WITH DIVORCE ACTION, INTERIM ATTORNEY'S FEES NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE ACTION TO SET ASIDE THE PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT (SECOND DEPT))/CPLR 602  (HUSBAND'S ATTORNEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED ON THE GROUND SHE WOULD BE A WITNESS FOR THE WIFE, PLENARY ACTION SEEKING TO SET ASIDE A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT PROPERLY JOINED WITH DIVORCE ACTION, INTERIM ATTORNEY'S FEES NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE ACTION TO SET ASIDE THE PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT (SECOND DEPT))/CONTRACT LAW (PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT, HUSBAND'S ATTORNEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED ON THE GROUND SHE WOULD BE A WITNESS FOR THE WIFE, PLENARY ACTION SEEKING TO SET ASIDE A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT PROPERLY JOINED WITH DIVORCE ACTION, INTERIM ATTORNEY'S FEES NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE ACTION TO SET ASIDE THE PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT (SECOND DEPT))/PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT  (HUSBAND'S ATTORNEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED ON THE GROUND SHE WOULD BE A WITNESS FOR THE WIFE, PLENARY ACTION SEEKING TO SET ASIDE A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT PROPERLY JOINED WITH DIVORCE ACTION, INTERIM ATTORNEY'S FEES NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE ACTION TO SET ASIDE THE PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT (SECOND DEPT))

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