Houk v. Meyer

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Albany County (Maney, J.), entered November 18, 1997, which granted petitioner’s applications, in two proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, finding respondent in willful violation of two prior court orders, committing respondent to jail for a term of 180 days, and ordering respondent to pay petitioner’s counsel fees.

By a stipulation incorporated, but not merged, into an order of Family Court entered in May 1995, respondent agreed to establish a custodial account in the amount of $10,000 for the *689benefit of the parties’ child, born in…