FCA § 457

Order of sequestration on failure to obey support order

§ 457. Order of sequestration on failure to obey support order. If an order of support is made under this article and the respondent has failed to obey it and either leaves or threatens to leave the state, the court on application may issue an order of sequestration of his property within the state, providing that such property may be taken, sequestered and applied in like manner as is provided in section four hundred twenty-nine.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/457

In plain English

If the respondent disobeys a support order and leaves or threatens to leave the state, the court may sequester his in-state property (same mechanics as § 429).

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.