MATTER OF COMMISSIONER OF GENESEE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. JONES

CAF 10-02365.

87 A.D.3d 1275 (2011)

929 N.Y.S.2d 907

2011 NY Slip Op 6670

In the Matter of COMMISSIONER OF GENESEE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, on Behalf of NAKEETA GIBSON, Respondent, v. JERRELL J.T. JONES, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department.

Decided September 30, 2011.


It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law without costs and the matter is remitted to Family Court, Genesee County, for a new hearing.

Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order confirming the Support Magistrate's determination that he willfully failed to obey an order of Family Court and sentencing him to six months in jail. We agree with the father that the court erred in allowing him to proceed pro se at the...

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