Family Court Act § 457 · Part 5. Compliance With Orders
Order of sequestration on failure to obey support order
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§ 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.
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