Matter of Chaundhry v. Saleem

Appeal by the mother from an order of commitment of the Family Court, Kings County (Dean T. Kusakabe, J.), dated January 19, 2016. The order of commitment, upon a finding that the mother was in contempt of court for failing to comply with a prior order of that court dated April 1, 2014, committed the mother to the custody of the New York City Department of Correction for a period of six months.

Ordered that on the Court’s own motion, the notice of appeal from the order of commitment is deemed to be an application for leave to appeal, and the application is granted to the extent that leave to…