Kevin James Kleinschmidt v. Angela Rose Farkash

Syllabus

Appellant argues on appeal that the district court: (1) erred in finding her in civil contempt and in awarding respondent attorney fees because the underlying harassment restraining order expired prior to the contempt ruling; and (2) misapplied Minn. Stat. § 588.10 (2022) when it fined appellant because such a fine is a criminal sanction and appellant was found in civil, not criminal, contempt. We affirm the district court's finding of civil contempt and award of attorney fees to respondent, but we reverse the district court's imposition of a fine under Minn. Stat. § 588.10.