Cappello v. Cappello

—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant husband appeals, by permission, from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Lefkowitz, J.), dated March 1, 1999, which granted the oral application of the plaintiff wife to adjudge him in contempt of court for his failure to comply with certain terms of a stipulation of settlement entered into by the parties on January 26, 1999, and directed that he be incarcerated for three months.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the plaintiffs application is denied.

The court…