Andrews v. Andrews

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Cholakis, J.), entered February 2, 1981 in Rensselaer County, which, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion adjudging plaintiff in contempt of court and sentenced him to 10 days in jail. By stipulation dated May 31, 1978, the parties agreed, inter alia, that plaintiff would pay his wife $60 per week support and would name her as irrevocable beneficiary on a $14,000 life insurance policy. The stipulation was incorporated into a judgment of divorce dated August 23, 1979. Thereafter, over the course of two years, plaintiff failed to obey…