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In any event, respondent waived any objection to the notice requirements by appearing and defending against the contempt application on the merits (see Franklin v Leff, 192 AD2d 328 [1993], lv dismissed 82 NY2d 749 [1993]; see also Lapkin v Lapkin, 224 AD2d 199, 200 [1996]).
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Donna Lapkin
v.
Mitchell Lapkin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Feb 6, 1996.
224 A.D.2d 199
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—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (David Saxe, J.), entered August 2, 1995, finding that defendant husband failed to purge himself of a previously adjudicated contempt and directing his incarceration, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

[*200] One who refuses to attend a hearing cannot claim that his absence was a denial of due process (Burke v Commissioner of Parole, 52 AD2d 589). Defendant’s counsel appeared and contested plaintiffs motion for a commitment order on the merits without objecting to any alleged defects in the notice and warning required by Judiciary Law § 756. Thus, defendant waived the protections afforded by the statute (Matter of Rappaport, 58 NY2d 725; Franklin v Leff, 192 AD2d 328, lv dismissed 82 NY2d 749; Matter of Keator v Keator, 211 AD2d 987). Since defendant has no assets in his name, his monthly income, an allowance from his parents, not being subject to garnishment, and prior enforcement attempts, including financial penalties, having been ineffectual, punishment by commitment until the fine previously imposed, plus interest, is paid, is an appropriate remedy (Domestic Relations Law § 245). Concur — Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Ellerin, Ross and Mazzarelli, JJ.