Carr v. Carr

It is true that the inception of contempt proceedings in matrimonial actions is regulated exclusively by the provisions of section 1773, of the Code, which specify the circumstances under which an application to punish may be made and the form and substance of the order which may be granted upon such an application. Stewart v. Stewart, 127 App. Div. 724; People ex rel. Ready v. Walsh, 132 id. 462. The same section provides, however, that when the order has been made the subsequent proceedings must be taken as prescribed in article 19 of the Judiciary Law, which now embraces what was formerly…