Under the circumstances, the court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in granting the wife's application for attorney's fees since the record supports a finding that the husband's repeated violations of the custody stipulation necessitated the motion (Domestic Relations Law § 238). Although the court stated in its decision that "[i]t is uncontested that defendant has defaulted in complying with the Stipulation," that does not support defendant's claim that...
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