Adjudication for contempt may only be had where it appears presumptively to the satisfaction of the court that payment cannot be enforced by sequestration, requiring security, or execution. (Domestic Relations Law, §§ 245, 243, 244.) In the present case, that does not appear. The husband apparently owns real property in Long Island valued at substantially more than the amount of the arrears. Accordingly, the provisions of the order adjudicating the husband in contempt...
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