Legal Opinion
Gifford v. Gifford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 29, 1996PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by judgment dated May 5, 1988, the defendant appeals from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Robbins, J.), entered June 22, 1995, which granted the plaintiff’s motion to hold him in contempt of court for failure to pay child support and denied his cross motion, inter alia, for a downward modification, and (2) an order of the same court, entered September 20, 1995, which directed that he be incarcerated in the county jail for 30 days or until he paid child support arrears of $16,200.
Ordered that the orders are reversed,…
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- Hough v. HoughAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
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