JAMES W.D. v. SANDRA C.


44 A.D.3d 423 (2007)

843 N.Y.S.2d 73

JAMES W.D., Respondent, v. SANDRA C., Appellant.

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

Decided October 11, 2007.


We reject respondent's argument that the Family Court lacked jurisdiction to punish for contempt, as her concealment of the subject child for a period of 10 years gave rise to a violation that was not otherwise statutorily remediable (see Matter of Murray, 98 A.D.2d 93, 97 [1983]).

Respondent's contention that her contempt hearing violated principles of due process and fundamental fairness is unpreserved (see Matter of...

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