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,
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