Legal Opinion
Garry v. Garry
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 30, 1983PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jeffrey G. Stark, J.
A husband charged with breaking into his wife’s apartment in violation of a judgment awarding her exclusive possession may not avoid a contempt citation by a collateral attack upon the judgment itself. For such a judgment carries with it justified expectations of privacy and personal security, the preservation of which are perhaps the most important objectives of our governmental system. To countenance a breach of these expectations is to invite not only disrespect for the court, but a loss of faith in govern*82ment itself. “If one man can be allowed to…
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