Commonwealth Ex Rel. Heimbrook v. Heimbrook

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• vacating contempt order where record did not support finding that alleged contemnor had “a present ability to purge himself by making an immediate payment”
• in imposing a coercive sentence upon a finding of civil contempt, the court must be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the contemnor has the ability to purge himself
• in imposing a coercive sentence upon a finding of civil contempt, the court must be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the contemnor has the ability to purge himself

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