Storelli v. Storelli

*1788Memorandum: Respondent appeals from an order determining that he was in willful violation of a child support order and sentencing him to six months’ incarceration. We note at the outset that respondent’s appeal is not moot. “Inasmuch as enduring consequences potentially flow from an order adjudicating a party in civil contempt, an appeal from that order is not rendered moot simply because the resulting prison sentence has already been served” (Matter of Bickwid v Deutsch, 87 NY2d 862, 863 [1995]).

We agree with respondent that he was denied his right to counsel at the hearing before the…