Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
An award of interim counsel fees is designed to create parity in divorce litigation by preventing a monied spouse from wearing down a nonmonied spouse on the basis of sheer financial strength (see O'Shea v O'Shea,
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