Commissioner of Social Services v. PatterSon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Family Court, New York County (Mary Bednar, J.), entered on or about August 20, 1992, holding respondent in contempt for violating a child support order, fixing his arrears at $12,661, and committing him to jail for six months, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The testimony of the child’s mother and the records of the Support Collection Unit showing respondent’s arrears established, prima facie, that respondent’s failure to comply with the support order was willful, and required him to come forward with some credible evidence that he was unable to make the ordered payments (see,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- MATTER OF POWERS v. PowersNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
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