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JUDGE DID NOT HAVE THE DISCRETION TO DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ARREARS AND COUNSEL FEES MADE AFTER THE JUDGMENT OF DIVORCE; ANY DISPUTE ABOUT THE AMOUNT MUST BE RESOLVED BY A HEARING (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff’s motion for leave to enter a money judgment for arrears and counsel fees should not have been denied. The motion for arrears was properly made after the judgment of divorce and any question of the amount owed should have been resolved by a hearing:

A party to a matrimonial action may make an application for a judgment directing the payment of arrears at any time prior to or subsequent to the entry of a judgment of divorce (see Domestic Relations Law § 244 … ). Here, the court did not have the discretion to deny the plaintiff’s application for leave to enter a money judgment since she established that arrears were due and unpaid … . Where, as here, there are triable issues of fact as to the amount of arrears, an evidentiary hearing should be held … . Furthermore, upon determining the amount of arrears owed, the court should have considered the plaintiff’s request for prejudgment interest … and an award of counsel fees … . Uttamchandani v Uttamchandani, 2019 NY Slip Op 06645, Second Dept 9-18-19

 

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