Legal Opinion
MATTER OF POWERS v. Powers
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 14, 1995PublishedCited by 406 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
"As every practitioner knows, the problems of enforcing a support order could fill a book” (Besharov, Introductory Practice Commentary, McKinney’s Cons Laws of NY, Book 29A, Family Ct Act art 4, at 5). The present chapter in the sad volume already filled by the parties before us — parents of five minor children — centers on whether respondent father’s failure to pay support was established to be willful, justifying Family Court’s order of commitment for contempt. We conclude that the record supports Family Court’s determination and therefore reverse the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Department of Social Services ex rel. Warwick v. HillockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Porcelain v. PorcelainNew York City Family Court · 1978
- Harp v. McCannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Powers v. PowersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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