Sutka v Sutka
2005 NY Slip Op 07521 [22 AD3d 568]
October 11, 2005
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.


Stephen B. Sutka, Appellant,
v
Laurie E. Sutka, Respondent.

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In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by judgment dated December 10, 1999, as amended by judgment dated October 15, 2001, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Pagones, J.), dated December 23, 2003, which, after a hearing, inter alia, found him in contempt for willfully violating a provision of the amended judgment dated October 15, 2001, which directed him to pay stated percentages of unreimbursed medical costs, private school tuition, and child care expenses for the parties' children.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Contrary to the plaintiff's contention on appeal, the defendant demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that the plaintiff willfully violated a clear and unequivocal provision of an amended judgment dated October 15, 2001, which directed him to pay stated percentages of unreimbursed medical costs, private school tuition, and child care expenses for the parties' children (see Corrado v Corrado, 18 AD3d 599 [2005]; Domestic Relations Law § 245).

The plaintiff's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or lack merit. H. Miller, J.P., Cozier, Ritter and Spolzino, JJ., concur.