You may be required to hire a Fort Lauderdale divorce lawyer to enforce your child support award through civil contempt. Civil contempt sanctions are utilized by the marital and family law court to compel compliance with a court order and used to compensate the moving party for losses sustained by…
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Miami Divorce Court Order Reversed On Appeal
In a Fort Lauderdale divorce case, you may ask your Broward divorce attorney to enforce a court order or judgment. In many instances, enforcement is sought when a spouse does not pay alimony or child support. Your Florida marital and family law lawyer may also seek enforcement if your spouse…
Hire A Fort Lauderdale Divorce Lawyer To Prevent A 14 Year Contempt Jail Sentence
One of the reasons to hire a Fort Lauderdale divorce attorney during your marital and family law case in Broward County is to protect you during a contempt or enforcement hearing so that you do not wind up behind bars. Your spouse may request that the judge hold you in…
Florida Marital And Family Law Judge’s Decision To Hold Mother In Direct Criminal Contempt Of Court Reversed
In Fiore v. Atheneos, the Fourth District Court of Appeals in West Palm Beach reversed a divorce judge who presides north of Broward County who held a mother in direct criminal contempt of court for her failure to execute her children’s passport applications. Judge Moses Baker, Jr. ordered the mother…
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Divorce Court Judge Reversed For Holding Indigent Father In Contempt For Failure To Pay Child Support
In Anderson v. Department of Revenue, the Fourth District Court of Appeals reversed a Broward County, Florida divorce court decision holding an indigent father in contempt of court for his failure to pay child support and for setting a purge of $5,000.00. Judge Alfred J. Horowitz, a divorce judge in…