Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
A court may award an attorney's fee in a divorce action "to enable [a] spouse to carry on or defend the action or proceedings as, in the court's discretion, justice requires, having regard to the circumstances of the case and of the respective parties" (Domestic Relations Law § 237 [a]; see, DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete,
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