Figueroa v. Figueroa

—Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Jeffrey H. Gallet, F.C.J.), entered July 1, 1988, which adjudged respondent-appellant husband in contempt for willfully violating orders of protection of the same court and committed him, following a hearing, to the Commissioner of Correction for a period of six months, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remitted to the Family Court for rehearing, without costs.

After testifying in his own behalf at the hearing held to determine whether he had violated an order of protection, respondent called Edwin Rivera Vargas, who testified that he was…