contemnor

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• When the court distinguished between civil and criminal contempt, it emphasized that in civil cases, the contemnor "carries the keys of his prison in his own pockets."

  Academic text (2017)

• As the Court emphasized, a contemnor's "ability to pay" his child support marks the "dividing line between civil and criminal contempt."

  Academic text (2017)

• At the other extreme, the contemnor may admit that he has been working for two years and paid nothing.

  Academic text (2017)

• Most of the interviewed judges thought that the contemnor had the ability to pay if he could borrow money to do so.

  Academic text (2017)

• In fact, most judges acknowledged that the contemnor was often relying on his family or girlfriend for the money.

  Academic text (2017)

• The court might allow the contemnor to meet with the public defender for roughly ten minutes before resuming the case.

  Academic text (2017)

• The court found that the trial-level procedures afforded the contemnor notice and an opportunity to be heard.

  Academic text (2017)

• The safeguards revolved around helping the judge determine a contemnor's ability to pay child support.

  Academic text (2017)

• If a court wrongly orders incarceration and the contemnor cannot purge, he will leave jail with reduced earning capacity and "the cycle begins again."

  Academic text (2017)

• Nevertheless, the Court's suggested safeguards, including the "use of a form" to elicit a contemnor's "ability to pay," do not adequately offset the risk of wrongful incarceration.

  Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

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transgressor

vscontemnor

3 7.7

A person who breaks a law or important rule

is narrower and applies only when someone is found guilty of disobeying a court

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