Legal Opinion
MATTER OF WALKER v. Walker
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 29, 1995PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
The sole issue in this case is the discretionary authority of the Family Court to impose consecutive six-month incarcerations for three separate violations of an order of protection. The respondent former husband in the Family Court proceeding is the appellant before this Court on an appeal as of right taken on the dissent of two Justices at the Appellate Division.
By a dispositional order in 1993, Family Court committed appellant to jail for multiple violations of a Family Court order of protection secured by his former wife. In the same order, the court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Melahn v. HearnNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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