Columbia County Support Collection Unit v. Risley

Appeals from four orders of the Family Court of Ulster County (Mizel, J.), entered May 8, 2013, which granted petitioner’s applications, in three proceedings pursuant to Fam*1098ily Ct Act article 4, to hold respondent in willful violation of a prior order of support.

Petitioner commenced the last of these three proceedings alleging that respondent (hereinafter the father) was in violation of a support order directing him to make certain child support payments. The father had been the subject of two previous violation petitions and, each time, he defaulted in his appearance at the inquest held by…