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Resort to Contempt for Failure to Make Payments Appropriate

In finding the resort to contempt for failure to make payments pursuant to a judgment in a matrimonial action was appropriate, the Second Department explained the criteria:

Pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 245, where a spouse fails to make payments of money pursuant to an order or judgment entered in a matrimonial action, the aggrieved spouse may apply to the court to punish the defaulting spouse for contempt, but only if “it appears presumptively, to the satisfaction of the court,” that payment cannot be enforced by other means such as enforcement of a money judgment or an income execution order (Domestic Relations Law § 245…). In order to punish the defaulting spouse for contempt, the aggrieved spouse is not required to exhaust all alternative remedies; proof that alternative remedies would be ineffectual is sufficient … . Here, the defendant satisfied that burden… . Longman v Longman, 2013 NY Slip Op 06664, 2nd Dept 10-16-13

 

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