Order reversed, without costs, and motion remitted to Special Term for an evidentiary hearing to determine the issues of alimony payments and contempt.
"Where a party may be held in contempt and committed and where the affidavits relating to his financial position are contradictory, a full and formal evidentiary hearing should be held and a record made thereof so as to permit a review of any determination made" (Pirrotta v Pirrotta,
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