Rupp-Elmasri v. Elmasri, 1999-08517.
Decision Date | 14 June 2004 |
Docket Number | 1999-08517.,2001-07668. |
Citation | 8 A.D.3d 464,2004 NY Slip Op 05226,778 N.Y.S.2d 289 |
Parties | COLEEN RUPP-ELMASRI, Plaintiff, v. MOHAMED ELMASRI, Appellant. DONNA ENGLAND, Nonparty Respondent. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that one bill of costs is awarded to the Law Guardian payable by the appellant.
Although we have the authority in our "discretion, when the interests of justice so demand" to treat the notice of appeal from the order dated August 9, 1999, as a premature notice of appeal from the judgment dated September 12, 2001 (CPLR 5520 [c]; see Scott v Vassar Bros. Hosp., 133 AD2d 76, 77 [1987]; Siegel, NY Prac § 524, at 855 [3d ed]; cf. 22 NYCRR 670.8 [e]), we decline to do so under the circumstances of this case.
With respect to the order dated July 16, 2001, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in requiring the defendant husband to pay one half of the Law Guardian's fees (see Pascarelli v Pascarelli, 283 AD2d 472 [2001]; Rosenbaum v Rosenbaum, 270 AD2d 242 [2000]; Petek v Petek, 239 AD2d 327, 329 [1997]; Cilento v Cilento, 225 AD2d 648 [1996]; Hughes v Hughes, 224 AD2d 389 [1996]). In doing so, the Supreme Court did not violate the doctrine of the law of the case (see Latture v Smith, 304 AD2d 534, 535 [2003]; Kennedy v Children's Hosp. of Buffalo, 303 AD2d 937 [2003]; Brothers v Bunkoff Gen. Contrs., 296 AD2d 764, 765 [2002]; Matter of Rappaport, 150 AD2d 779, 780 [1989]). Moreover, the amount of fees awarded to the Law Guardian was appropriate, particularly since a hearing was held (see Stephens v Stephens, 249 AD2d 191 [1998]; Rotta v Rotta, 233 AD2d 152 [1996]).
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