Legal Opinion

Griffin v. Griffin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 14, 2002PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Alma Cordova, J.), entered on or about August 4, 2000, holding respondent in contempt of a child support order, and committing him to jail for 180 days unless he sooner pays arrears of $40,532 to the Department of Social Services and $27,112 to petitioner, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The Support Collection Unit’s records showing respondent’s arrears, and indeed respondent’s testimony admitting arrears, established, prima facie, that respondent’s failure to comply with the support order was willful, and required him to come forward with some credible…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. MATTER OF POWERS v. PowersNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. Dorner v. McCarrollAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  3. Wright v. LyonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  4. Commissioner of Social Services v. PatterSonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  5. Scott v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Maria T. v. Kwame A.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

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