FARKAS v. FARKAS


220 A.D.2d 344 (1995)

633 N.Y.S.2d 120

Arlene Farkas, Respondent, v. Bruce Farkas, Appellant, et al., Defendants

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

October 26, 1995


The underlying order directing defendant to pay plaintiff money periodically was a temporary spousal support award under Family Court Act § 412. Nothing in the Family Court Act authorizes enforcement of such an order through contempt. However, the later addition of a cause of action for divorce justified treating this order as a temporary maintenance order under Domestic Relations Law § 236 (B) (6) (cf., Kenyon v Kenyon, 155 A.D.2d...

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