Ulster County Department of Social Services v. Wilbert D.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Karen K. Peters, J.

This matter involves a request for confirmation of the Ulster County Family Court Hearing Examiner’s decision ordering a period of incarceration of the respondent pursuant to section 439 (a) of the Family Court Act.

*363In reaching its decision, this court has examined the propriety of two customary practices of the Ulster County Family Court in connection with cases involving acknowledgments of paternity and agreements of support submitted to the Hearing Examiner by the Ulster County Department of Social Services: (1) the execution of orders by the Hearing…