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- Title: Matter Madison County Support Collection Unit v. Robert Drennan
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 28, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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Petitioner commenced this proceeding by alleging that respondent failed to obey a lawful order of support pursuant to Family Court Act § 453. Following a hearing, respondent was found to have willfully failed to obey an order of support and he was committed to jail pursuant to Family Court Act § 454 (3) (a). Respondent filed a notice of appeal from the order of commitment but proceeded to serve his sentence so that he is no longer incarcerated. Since imprisonment pursuant to Family Court Act § 454 (3) (a) is in the nature of punishment for civil contempt (see, e.g., Hymowitz v Hymowitz, 149 A.D.2d 568) and completion of the jail term for a civil contempt renders the matter moot (see, Ward v Ward, 71 A.D.2d 854), we must dismiss the appeal.