Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Columbia County Support Collection Unit v. Joshua A. Risley
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 7, 2016No. 82PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Garcia, J.
We are called upon to decide whether Family Court, in revoking two prior suspended orders of commitment, was authorized to order consecutive six-month sentences for each to run consecutively with a third six-month sentence imposed for a current violation. We conclude that it was.
Enforcing child support obligations has long been a priority in New York. More than 50 years ago, this State enacted the “Family Court Act,” establishing the Family Court and its powers of enforcement, including the power to commit an individual “to jail for a term not to exceed six…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Matter of Putnam County Probation Dept. v. DimicheleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
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