Legal Opinion
Farmer v. Farmer
New York City Family Court
Decided February 22, 1984PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Aileen Haas Schwartz, J.
Has jurisprudential antipathy to imprisonment for debt blinded the law to the plight of a needy child whose financially able father categorically refuses to comply with an order of support?
The instant proceeding for an order of commitment to jail pursuant to section 454 of the Family Court Act graphically illustrates the character and concomitant difficulties of present-day support enforcement litigation.
The mother and father have been engaged in acrimonious litigation involving child support for a substantial part of the years following the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Alexander v. AlexanderNew York City Family Court · 1991