KRAFTE, J.S.C.
The issue before this court is whether a party to a matrimonial action may be incarcerated for willful noncompliance with a court order to pay the fees of a court-appointed expert. This court holds that the party may be imprisoned, without violation of constitutional rights, until such time as the order has been satisfied.
Plaintiff-wife filed for divorce on November 12, 1986, after a 12-year marriage. By way of a pendente lite order...
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