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FATHER’S SUSPENDED JAIL SENTENCE FOR FAILURE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN REVOKED WITHOUT PROVIDING FATHER THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE RE: HIS INABILITY TO PAY (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing Family Court, determined father’s suspended jail sentence should not have been revoked without an inquiry into father’s inability to pay the child support arrears:

… [T]he Warren County Department of Social Services, acting on behalf of the mother, submitted a request for an order of commitment based upon the father’s failure to comply with the support order or pay the arrears. The father … filed a petition seeking modification of the support order based upon his ongoing medical issues. During a hearing on the modification petition, it was revealed that the father’s child support obligation had ended and that he was seeking an adjustment to pay the arrears until he could return to work. It was also disclosed that the proceedings on the order of commitment had been adjourned pending the father’s sale of certain real property. … When these proceedings resumed, the father indicated that he did not have a contract to sell the real property or any means to pay the child support arrears. Family Court adjourned the proceedings to enable the father to undergo surgery, but directed him to return to court with a certified check for the child support arrears in the amount of $12,467.57. When the father did not appear in court on the adjourned date, Family Court issued a warrant and an order of commitment directing respondent’s confinement in jail for 60 days. …

We agree with the father that Family Court erred in revoking the suspension of his jail sentence without first affording him the opportunity to present evidence on his inability to pay the arrears (see Family Ct Act § 433 [a] …). … [T]he record does not reflect that Family Court conducted the necessary evidentiary hearing or undertook a sufficient inquiry as to the father’s inability to pay the child support arrears. Matter of Eddy v Eddy, 2019 NY Slip Op 06825, Third Dept 9-26-19

 

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