Legal Opinion

DeMarco v. Raftery

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 22, 1997PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In a child support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Balkin, J.), dated November 22, 1996, which confirmed the determination of the same court (Watson, H.E.), dated October 8, 1996, finding that he had willfully failed to obey an order of the court, dated October 16, 1992, and thereupon sentenced him to 60 days in the Nassau County Correctional Center, unless he purged himself of his contempt by paying the sum of $9,720 towards child support arrears.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Williams v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  3. Gifford v. GiffordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  4. People ex rel. Lobenthal v. KoehlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  5. Rockland County Department of Social Services v. ChampagneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Gaudette v. GaudetteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  2. Keenan v. KeenanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  3. Scott v. ScottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  4. New York County Lawyers' Ass'n v. StateNew York Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Sutton-Murley v. O'ConnorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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