Chase v. Chase

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Hummel, J.), entered September 14, 2006 in Columbia County, which, among other things, held plaintiff in contempt of a temporary order of the court.

A recitation of the chronology of proceedings in this extremely acrimonious divorce action is necessary to understand the relevant appellate arguments made by plaintiff.

First, on July 15, 2004, in deciding defendant’s application for temporary maintenance and child support, Supreme Court ordered plaintiff to “bring the mortgage [payment] current and make the monthly payments until further order.” In…