Riccio v. Paquette

—In a child support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Lehman, J.), dated July 12, 2000, which, in effect, confirmed a determination of the same court (Lynaugh, H.E.), dated July 3, 2000, that he had willfully failed to obey an order of the same court, dated June 8, 1990, and thereupon committed him to a term of incarceration of 120 days, unless he purged himself of his contempt by paying the principal sum of $7,004 toward child support arrears.

Ordered that the order dated July 12, 2000, is reversed, on the…