Opinion
September 19, 1991
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Saratoga County (Brown, J.).
Each of defendant's arguments challenge the validity of the order granting the temporary restraining order instead of the adjudication of contempt which is the subject of these appeals. Therefore, insofar as these arguments are a collateral attack on a prior order which was jurisdictionally valid and was never stayed and thus had to be obeyed, they may not be entertained on these appeals (see, Seril v. Belnord Tenants Assn., 139 A.D.2d 401). In any event, to the extent that defendant challenges the validity of the temporary restraining order based on the adequacy of plaintiffs' pleadings, he was still required to obey that order because a jurisdictionally valid "court order must be obeyed, no matter how erroneous it may seem to be" (People v Williamson, 136 A.D.2d 497). Defendant's claim that the temporary restraining order lacked sufficient clarity is also lacking in merit. Finally, as to his claim concerning the timeliness of the hearing on the prior order, this issue was not raised when defendant opposed plaintiffs' contempt motions and therefore was not preserved for appeal (see, Gunzburg v. Gunzburg, 152 A.D.2d 537).
Weiss, J.P., Mikoll, Yesawich Jr., Levine and Crew III, JJ., concur. Ordered that the orders are affirmed, without costs.