§ 247. Alimony or maintenance payments suspended during confinement in\nprison. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, the\nprovision of any judgment or order rendered or made in an action for\ndivorce, separation, annulment or declaration of nullity of a void\nmarriage, requiring the payment of moneys by one spouse for the support\nof the other shall be suspended and inoperative so far as punishment for\ncontempt is concerned during the period in which the defaulting spouse\nshall be imprisoned pursuant to any order adjudging him or her in\ncontempt for failure to comply with any provision in such order.\n
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