Order reversed, without costs or disbursements, and matter remitted to Special Term for a new hearing in accordance herewith.
After Special Term denied appellant's request for assigned counsel, he was adjudged in contempt of court for willful and contumacious refusal to comply with a prior court order fixing his alimony and child support obligations. He argues that counsel should have been assigned to him despite the language of section 770 of the Judiciary Law, which...
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