Legal Opinion
Wilkinson v. Wilkinson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 21, 1996PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Koenig, J.), dated February 9, 1995, which found him to be in willful violation of an order of support and committed him to the Nassau County Correctional Center for a period of six months.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The proof before the Hearing Examiner of the father’s failure to pay court-ordered child support constituted prima facie evidence of a willful violation of the support order (see, Family Ct Act § 454 [3] [a]).…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- MATTER OF POWERS v. PowersNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Porcelain v. PorcelainAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Reisner v. ReisnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
3Cited by6 opinions
- Fallon v. FallonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Roth v. BowmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Svoboda v. SvobodaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Brill v. BrillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Williams v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
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