Section 247. Alimony or maintenance payments suspended during confinement in prison  


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  • Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, the
      provision of any judgment or order rendered or made  in  an  action  for
      divorce,  separation,  annulment  or  declaration  of  nullity of a void
      marriage, requiring the payment of moneys by one spouse for the  support
      of the other shall be suspended and inoperative so far as punishment for
      contempt  is  concerned during the period in which the defaulting spouse
      shall be imprisoned pursuant to  any  order  adjudging  him  or  her  in
      contempt for failure to comply with any provision in such order.