Mills v. Mills

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Melkonian, J.), entered October 4, 2010 in Ulster County, which denied plaintiff’s motion to hold David Van Benschoten in civil contempt.

The underlying facts are set forth in our prior decision where we upheld the February 2009 order of Supreme Court (Lynch, J.) finding David Van Benschoten in civil contempt for violating the court’s February 2008 order by making payments on a building contract that went directly to defendant rather than through the temporary receiver (Mills v Mills, 72 AD3d 1296 [2010]). In May 2010, plaintiff moved to have Van…