Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly denied, without a hearing, that branch of the defendant's motion which was to hold the plaintiff in contempt based upon her alleged interference with his visitation with the parties' children. A hearing is not mandated "in every instance where contempt is sought; it need only be conducted if a factual dispute exists which cannot be resolved on the papers alone" (
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