Practice point: The validity of an order underlying a contempt proceeding may not be attacked on the grounds that the issuing court had no jurisdiction to do so, or that the order had been stayed.
Judiciary Law § 753 does not require a showing of wilfulness or monetary harm as a precondition to a finding of civil contempt, and the Court of Appeals has not imposed a wilfulness requirement for a civil contempt finding.
Case: Board of Directors of Windsors Owners Corp. v. Platt, NY Slip Op 02508 (1st Dep't March 30, 2017
Here is the decision.
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