Court of Appeals of Maryland· 6/10/1996

Lynch v. Lynch

Citations

677 A.2d 584
342 Md. 509
1996 Md. LEXIS 56

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“Thus, notwithstanding that the proceedings are civil in nature, a defendant may be imprisoned for civil contempt.”
“ ‘[A]n unintentional inability to pay precludes [a sanction] for either civil or criminal contempt’ ”
Civil contempt “ ‘proceedings are generally remedial in nature and are intended to coerce future compliance’ ”
before being incarcerated, a civil contemnor must have “the keys to the prison in his or her pocket,” that is, an opportunity to purge the contempt
“[T]he goal of civil contempt proceedings, to coerce compliance with a court order entered primarily for the benefit of private parties to a suit, cannot be accomplished when the responsible party is [presently] unable, for whatever reason, to comply”

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Judges: Bell

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