Mercure, J.P.
Petitioner filed separate petitions alleging that respondent failed to comply with two 1995 orders directing him to pay child support. Following a hearing conducted on June 1, 2001, at which respondent acknowledged his failure to make the support payments at issue, Family Court found that respondent had willfully violated both support orders and ordered that he be detained in jail for 180 days or until the arrears were repaid. Respondent appeals.
Initially, we note that this appeal is not moot. Although we conclude, based upon the imposition of the 180-day jail term on June 1, 2001, that respondent's term has expired, an appeal from a finding of civil contempt for failure to pay court-ordered child support "is not rendered moot simply because the resulting prison sentence has already been served" (Matter of Bickwid v. Deutsch, 87 N.Y.2d 862, 863; see Matter of Reed v. Reed, 240 A.D.2d 951, 952; see also Matter of Stampfler v. Snow, 290 A.D.2d 595, 596). Turning to the merits of respondent's appeal, we agree that Family Court improperly admitted Support Collection Unit records documenting respondent's child support arrears because those records were not certified as required by CPLR 4518(f). However, in view of respondent's admission that he had failed to make the required child support payments, we find that this error was harmless (see People v. Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230, 239-242). As for respondent's claim of ineffective assistance due, in part, to assigned counsel's failure to object to admission of this evidence, upon our review of the record we find that respondent's counsel did not provide less than meaningful representation (see People v. Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708, 712-713; People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 146-147; Matter of De Vivo v. Burrell, 101 A.D.2d 607, 608).
Peters, Carpinello, Mugglin and Rose, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs.