N.Y. Family Court Act § 580-313: Costs and fees

§ 580-313. Costs and fees. (a) The petitioner may not be required to

pay a filing fee or other costs.

(b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may

assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other

costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by

the obligee and the obligee's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess

fees, costs or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement

agency of either the initiating or responding state or foreign country,

except as provided by other law. Attorney's fees may be taxed as costs,

and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the

order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee

has priority over fees, costs, and expenses.

(c) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable

attorney's fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily

for delay. In a proceeding under part six of this article, a hearing is

presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered

support order is confirmed or enforced without change.