Hammer v. Hammer

In an action in which a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, granting plaintiff a divorce, was entered on April 18, 1972, defendant appeals from so much of an order of the same court, entered September 4, 1974, after a hearing, as (1) granted his motion to modify the divorce decree only to the extent of reducing his total support obligation from $175 per week to $140 per week as of July 27, 1974 (the order erroneously reads "July 27, 1972”), (2) granted plaintiff’s cross motion to adjudge him in contempt, and fined him $525 therefor, an amount equal to three unpaid weekly support…