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July 10, 2025
In this earlier post, my current colleague Danny Spiegel (who was an NC Assistant Appellate Defender at the time the post was published), analyzed the law of civil contempt and […]
READ POST "Contempt: NC Court of Appeals vacates a “springing” order for arrest (July 10, 2025)"December 5, 2018
In 2015, I wrote two blog posts summarizing the law relating to the use of contempt to enforce orders to pay support. No Default Judgment in Contempt (May 1, 2015) and Contempt: Establishing Ability to Pay (May 8, 2015). Recent appellate opinions justify revisiting this topic.
READ POST "No Contempt for the Nonpayment of Money Without Actual Evidence of Ability to Pay (December 5, 2018)"