April G. v. Duane M.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Gayle E Roberts, J.), entered on or about May 16, 2012, which affirmed the Support Magistrate’s finding of willfulness, and sentenced respondent-appellant father to incarceration for a period not to exceed four months with a purge amount set at $5,000, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Although the father has paid the purge amount and completed his sentence, this appeal “is not academic, in light of the enduring consequences which might flow from the finding that he violated the order of support” (Matter of Saintime v Saint Surin, 40 AD3d 1103, 1104 [2d…
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