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MATTER OF HOYT v. PIERCE

31 A.D.2d 582 (1968)

In the Matter of Leland S. Hoyt, as Assistant Director of The Broome County Probation Department, Respondent, v. David H. Pierce, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

November 21, 1968

STALEY, JR., J.

The sole issue presented by appellant is whether it is "constitutionally permissible for the Family Court to imprison a person for failure to make support payments as required by the Family Court Act"; appellant contending that he "has been denied his constitutional rights in that he has been sentenced to jail for failure to pay a civil debt." The record discloses, however, that punishment was imposed solely for willful disobedience of...

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