Polizotti v. Polizotti

The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to make an order punishing as for a contempt in respect of accrued unpaid temporary alimony in a proceeding instituted and submitted for decision before the entry of judgment in the main action. (Judiciary Law, § 760; Civ. Prac. Act, §§ 1172, 1171-b; Barbieri v. Barbieri, 250 App. Div. 731; Treherne-Thomas v. Treherne-Thomas, 267 App. Div. 509, 511, 513; Maser v. Maser, 276 App. Div. 733, 737, affd. 301 N. Y. 774; Matter of Cost [Benetos], 277 App. Div. 1049, appeal dismissed, 303 N. Y. 862.)

This view is no longer open to serious challenge under Maser v.…