Formosa v. Litt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
“A motion to punish a party for civil contempt is addressed to the sound discretion of the motion court” (Chambers v Old Stone Hill Rd. Assoc., 66 AD3d 944, 946 [2009]). “To sustain a finding of civil contempt based upon a violation of a court order, it is necessary to establish that a lawful court order clearly expressing an unequivocal mandate was in effect and the person alleged to have violated the order had actual knowledge of its *645terms” (Delijani v Delijani, 73 AD3d 972, 973 [2010] [emphasis omitted]; Ottomanelli v Ottomanelli, 17 AD3d 647, 648 [2005]; Kawar v Kawar, 231 AD2d 681, 682…
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