Opinion
April 12, 1999
Appeal from the Family Court, Suffolk County (Trainor, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
While an attorney will be permitted to withdraw from employment where a client refuses to pay reasonable fees, there may be circumstances in which a court may properly compel an attorney to continue to represent a client who is in arrears ( see, Kay v. Kay, 245 A.D.2d 549; see also, Galvano v. Galvano, 193 A.D.2d 779). Under the circumstances here, the Family Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in directing the appellant to provide legal services to the respondent.
Bracken, J. P., Thompson, Goldstein and McGinity, JJ., concur.