Case Name: In the Matter of Timothy Shockome, Respondent, v. Yevgenia Shockome, Appellant. In the Matter of Yevgenia Shockome, Appellant, v. Timothy Shockome, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2006-06-13
Citations: 30 A.D.3d 529
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Timothy Shockome, Respondent, v Yevgenia Shockome, Appellant. In the Matter of Yevgenia Shockome, Appellant, v Timothy Shockome, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 30
Pages: 529–530

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Timothy Shockome, Respondent, v Yevgenia Shockome, Appellant. In the Matter of Yevgenia Shockome, Appellant, v Timothy Shockome, Respondent.
[817 NYS2d 115]

Opinion:
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Dutchess County (Amodeo, J.), dated May 5, 2005, which found her guilty of criminal contempt.
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
Where, as here, the purported contempt was committed within the immediate view and presence of the court and was punished summarily (see Judiciary Law § 750, 752; 22 NYCRR 701.2), review must be had under CPLR article 78 and not by way of direct appeal (see Judiciary Law § 755; Matter of Ellman, 117 AD2d 803 [1986]; People v Longo, 30 AD2d 828 [19683; People v Epps, 21 AD2d 650 [1964], cert denied 379 US 940 [1964]). Moreover, because this matter involves a Family Court Judge, this Court is without original jurisdiction to entertain it as a CPLR article 78 proceeding (see Matter of Nolan v Lungen, 61 NY2d 788 [1984]; Matter of O'Connell v Taddeo, 174 Misc 2d 110, 112 [1997]; CPLR 506 [b] [1]).
Accordingly, the appeal must be dismissed. Adams, J.P., Santucci, Fisher and Covello, JJ., concur.