Long Island Trust Co. v. Rosenberg
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lazer, J.P.
The issue here is whether the current provisions of the Judiciary Law permit civil contempt proceedings to be instituted by service of a notice of motion by ordinary mail upon an alleged contemnor who is not a party to the underlying action in which the contempt is claimed to have been committed. We conclude that such service is insufficient and that the recent amendments to sections 756 and 761 of the Judiciary Law have not altered the pre-existing requirement that such civil contempt proceedings be com*592menced in the same fashion as subdivisions (c) and (d) of…
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