MATTER OF ROCKLAND COUNTY DEP'T OF SOC SERVS. v. CHAMPAGNE


131 A.D.2d 488 (1987)

In the Matter of Rockland County Department of Social Services, on Behalf of Bibsie Champagne, Respondent, v. Daniel Champagne, Appellant

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

June 1, 1987


Ordered that the order is reversed, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Rockland County, for a new hearing and determination.

Although at his arraignment on the instant petition alleging willful violation of an existing support order, the appellant was apprised of his right to counsel (see, Family Ct Act § 262 [a] [vi]), there is no word or act upon which the Family Court could premise a conclusion that he waived...

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