Garr v. Peters

How courts have described this case

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• stating appellate court defers to credibility determinations of trial court regarding witnesses that appeared before it, as that court has - 23 - J-A07033-22 had opportunity to observe their demeanor
• “[a] court may exercise its civil contempt power to enforce compliance with its orders ...”
• “A court may exercise its civil contempt power to enforce compliance with its orders for the benefit of the party in whose favor the order runs but not to inflict punishment.”
• “A court may exercise its civil contempt power to enforce compliance with its orders for the benefit of the party in whose favor the order runs but not to inflict punishment.”
• “We are mindful that this Court defers to the credibility determinations of the trial court with regard to the witnesses who appeared before it, as that court has had the opportunity to observe their demeanor.”
• “A party must have violated a court order to be found in civil contempt. The complaining party has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that a party violated a court order.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).