Hartwich v. Chauvin

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this Court) to review two orders of respondent, among other things, finding petitioners in contempt of court.

Petitioner Joy C. Higgins and her former spouse, Scott Pregont, were engaged in postdivorce proceedings to resolve issues of custody and visitation relating to their daughter. During the course of those proceedings, Suzanne Latimer was appointed, by court order, as the attorney for the child. In May 2014, petitioner Lance R. Hartwich notified Latimer that he represented both Higgins and the child in an unrelated civil matter against…