Jelks v. Wright
Decision Date | 08 June 2012 |
Citation | 96 A.D.3d 1488,947 N.Y.S.2d 694,2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 04588 |
Parties | In the Matter of Melvin M. JELKS, III, Petitioner–Respondent, v. Kim WRIGHT, Respondent–Appellant. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
96 A.D.3d 1488
947 N.Y.S.2d 694
2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 04588
In the Matter of Melvin M. JELKS, III, Petitioner–Respondent,
v.
Kim WRIGHT, Respondent–Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.
June 8, 2012.
[947 N.Y.S.2d 695]
Venzon Law Firm PC, Buffalo (Catharine M. Venzon of Counsel), for Respondent–Appellant.
Melvin M. Jelks, III, Petitioner–Respondent Pro Se.
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., FAHEY, CARNI, SCONIERS, AND MARTOCHE, JJ.
MEMORANDUM:
[96 A.D.3d 1488]By order entered June 14, 2011, Family Court confirmed the determination of the Support Magistrate that respondent had willfully violated a prior child support order and directed that she be incarcerated if she did not pay certain arrears within two weeks. The court issued a further order, entered June 29, 2011, in which the court concluded that respondent had paid the arrears and imposed no further sanction. Respondent appeals from the latter order, but her sole contention, that the finding of a willful violation of the order is not supported by the evidence, concerns the order of June 14th. Although the appeal properly lies from the first order ( see Matter of Dakin v. Dakin, 75 A.D.3d 639, 639–640, 904 N.Y.S.2d 677,lv. dismissed15 N.Y.3d 905, 912 N.Y.S.2d 572, 938 N.E.2d 1007;see generally Matter of Huard v. Lugo, 81 A.D.3d 1265, 1266, 917 N.Y.S.2d 459,lv. denied16 N.Y.3d 710, 2011 WL 1584768), respondent's notice of appeal recites that the appeal is taken from the second order. Nevertheless, in the absence of any prejudice[96 A.D.3d 1489], we deem the notice of appeal to be taken from the first order ( see generally Matter of Leach v. Santiago, 20 A.D.3d 715, 716 n.1, 798 N.Y.S.2d 242,lv. denied6 N.Y.3d 702, 810 N.Y.S.2d 416, 843 N.E.2d 1156,6 N.Y.3d 844, 814 N.Y.S.2d 77, 847 N.E.2d 374), and we address her contention. We note in addition that the appeal is not moot merely because respondent paid the arrears and no further sanction was imposed. “[E]nduring consequences potentially flow from an order” determining that an individual willfully failed to obey a prior order (
Matter of Bickwid v. Deutsch, 87 N.Y.2d 862, 863, 638 N.Y.S.2d 932, 662 N.E.2d 250). We conclude, however, that respondent's contention lacks merit. “There is a presumption that a respondent has sufficient means to support his or her ... minor children ..., and the evidence that respondent failed to pay support as ordered constitutes ‘prima facie evidence of a willful violation’ ” (...
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