Opinion
Submitted April 12, 2001.
May 7, 2001.
In a juvenile delinquency proceeding, Kenneth Jaffe, the attorney for Alex S., appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Pearce, J.), dated November 30, 2000, which directed him to pay $150 to the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection pursuant to 22 NYCRR 125.1 for failure to return after a luncheon recess and complete a juvenile delinquency trial held on November 29, 2000.
Kenneth Jaffe, nonparty-appellant.
David Laniado, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.
Before: ALTMAN, J.P., FRIEDMANN, GOLDSTEIN and COZIER, JJ.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court providently exercised its discretion in imposing a sanction upon the nonparty-appellant, Kenneth Jaffe, for failure to appear for a scheduled trial (see, Hardy v. Hardy, A.D.2d [2d Dept., Mar. 19, 2001]). The appellant received adequate notice and was afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard (see, 22 NYCRR 1302.1 [d]; Matter of Gurwitch, 256 A.D.2d 180).