N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 241: Interference with or withholding of visitation rights; alimony or maintenance suspension

§ 241. Interference with or withholding of visitation rights; alimony

or maintenance suspension. When it appears to the satisfaction of the

court that a custodial parent receiving alimony or maintenance pursuant

to an order, judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction has

wrongfully interfered with or withheld visitation rights provided by

such order, judgment or decree, the court, in its discretion, may

suspend such payments or cancel any arrears that may have accrued during

the time that visitation rights have been or are being interfered with

or withheld. Nothing in this section shall constitute a defense in any

court to an application to enforce payment of child support or grounds

for the cancellation of arrears for child support.