Chetram v. Singh

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• contempt for failure to pay support requires willful refusal to comply with the prior court order
• “A person facing civil contempt sanctions is entitled to notice and an opportunity to be heard.”
• “Where jail is the sanction for civil contempt, the court must grant the 2 contemnor an opportunity to establish inability to pay before he can be incarcerated.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).