Leggio v. Leggio

In Leggio v. Leggio (190 Misc 2d 571, 737 NYS2d 259 [2002]), the respondent was ordered to stay away from the petitioner's residence. The respondent enlisted persons to enter the residence and remove petitioner's property. The court held that respondent violated the order of protection by enlisting other persons to act on his behalf to commit acts he was proscribed from committing. The court in Leggio, in effect, found that enlisting others to enter the petitioner's residence and remove her property constituted an unlawful intrusion upon the rights secured to petitioner by the order of protection for which the respondent could be held in contempt (Matter of Sarmuksnis v. Priest, 21 AD3d 381, 800 NYS2d 28[2005]).