MATTER OF BRYCE L.

2019-07078. Docket Nos. N-7281-19, N-7282-19.

184 A.D.3d 563 (2020)

123 N.Y.S.3d 529

2020 NY Slip Op 03107

In the Matter of Bryce L. Administration for Children's Services, Respondent; David B., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Harley B. Administration for Children's Services, Respondent; David B., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.)

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

Decided June 3, 2020.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements.

The failure of the Family Court to personally serve the appellant with the order to show cause upon initiation of the contempt proceeding was a jurisdictional defect (see Matter of Howard T.P. v Maria B., 237 A.D.2d 443 [1997]; Matter of Minter, 132 A.D.2d 701

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