Tarbell v. Tarbell

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Franklin County (Main, Jr., J.), entered June 20, 1995, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, to hold respondent in contempt of court for willfully failing to obey a prior child support order.

In May 1994, the parties entered into a consent order directing respondent to make certain payments for the support of his minor children. When respondent thereafter failed to make the required payments, petitioner commenced this violation proceeding. Following a hearing, at which the parties appeared…