FREEMAN v. FREEMAN


104 A.D.2d 735 (1984)

Claire H. Freeman, Respondent, v. Edward H. Freeman, Appellant

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

September 21, 1984


Order unanimously reversed, without costs, and proceeding dismissed, in accordance with the following memorandum: It was improper for the court to hold defendant in criminal contempt. An application brought to punish a contempt consisting of the failure to comply with an order of support is controlled wholly by the provisions of section 245 of the Domestic Relations Law (see Wides v Wides, 96 A.D.2d 592). That section requires that...

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