Ex Parte Slavin

How courts have described this case

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

• court ordered relator discharged from custody where underlying order lacked clarity concerning amount of monthly child support to be paid
• order should “spell out the details of compliance in clear, specific and unambiguous terms”
• decree must clearly inform party of duties or obligations it imposes
• “‘Where the court seeks to punish either by fine, arrest or imprisonment for the disobedience of an order or command, such order or command must carry with it no uncertainty, and must not be susceptible of different meanings or constructions . . . .’”
• in order for a person to be held in contempt for disobeying a court decree, the decree must spell out the details of compliance in clear, specific, and unambiguous terms so that a person will readily know what obligations are imposed upon him by the decree

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).