Commissioner of Social Services ex rel. Nobles v. Dockery

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Albany County (M. Walsh, J.), entered May 18, 2011, which, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 4, committed respondent to jail for 90 days.

In June 2010, petitioner filed a petition alleging that respondent had repeatedly failed to comply with a court order directing that he pay $26 each week in child support. A hearing was ordered and, after respondent failed to appear, the Support Magistrate (Meyer, S.M.) found that he had willfully violated the support order, owed $3,016 in arrears, and recommended that respondent either be…