Law Lessons from CHAN v. HUIE, Appellate Division, A-761-06T5 [LINK], September 19, 2007:

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While an award of counsel fees may be appropriate when a party acts in bad faith, Yueh v. Yueh, 329 N.J. Super. 447, 460 (App. Div. 2000), it cannot be imposed upon a matrimonial litigant simply as punishment. See Ridley v. Dennison, 298 N.J. Super. 373, 381 (App. Div. 1997).