Higbee v. Higbee

—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Shapiro, J.), dated September 9, 1997, which, upon a determination that he was in willful contempt of prior orders of the same court directing, inter alia, the payment of child support to the plaintiff, committed him to jail for a term of six months, unless he purged himself of his contempt by payment of the sum of $10,383.55.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The record supports the conclusion that the defendant’s refusal to comply with prior orders of…