Reed v. Reed
| Citation | 240 A.D.2d 951,659 N.Y.S.2d 334 |
| Parties | In the Matter of Pearl R. REED, Respondent, v. Clifford T. REED, Appellant. |
| Decision Date | 26 June 1997 |
| Court | New York Supreme Court Appellate Division |
Marcel J. Lajoy, Albany, for appellant.
Before MIKOLL, J.P., and WHITE, CASEY, SPAIN and CARPINELLO, JJ.
MIKOLL, Justice Presiding.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Chenango County (Smith, J.), entered February 3, 1995, which, inter alia, granted petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, to hold respondent in contempt of court for failure to pay child support.
Petitioner and respondent were married in June 1976 and are the parents of a daughter born in 1978. The parties legally separated in September 1988. By order of Family Court dated December 14, 1992, respondent was ordered to pay child support of $65.14 a week retroactive to May 14, 1992. Respondent fell into arrears almost immediately and failed to make any support payments subsequent to the expiration of his unemployment benefits on February 23, 1994. Respondent admitted the nonpayments. At a hearing held on September 12, 1994, respondent claimed that he had unsuccessfully sought employment, that he was disabled due to a cyst on his leg and financially unable to pay the ordered child support, and that, as a result, he was not willfully in violation of the court order. The Hearing Examiner found respondent's proof of disability and of lack of willfulness insufficient, determined that his violation was willful and referred the matter of incarceration to Family Court. On January 24, 1995, respondent informed the court that his employment search remained unsuccessful and that he was attending Broome Tech Community College and living on loan money from the college. Family Court ordered respondent incarcerated for six months. Respondent's arrearage was paid on January 26, 1995 and he was released from confinement.
Respondent's contention that his appeal from the contempt order was not rendered moot by his release from incarceration upon the payment of the support due is meritorious. A finding of contempt may have significant collateral consequences warranting appellate review (see, Matter of Bickwid v. Deutsch, 87 N.Y.2d 862, 863, 638 N.Y.S.2d 932, 662 N.E.2d 250; see also, Matter of Williams v. Cornelius, 76 N.Y.2d 542, 546, 561 N.Y.S.2d 701, 563 N.E.2d 15). Accordingly, we find respondent's appeal not to be moot.
Respondent's claim that Family Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying his petition for a downward modification of child support in relation to a June 30, 1993 order of a Hearing Officer is rejected. Respondent failed to file objections to the June 30, 1993 order of dismissal...
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