Appellate Court of Illinois· 9/30/1991

Pryweller v. Pryweller

Citations

579 N.E.2d 432
218 Ill. App. 3d 619
161 Ill. Dec. 884

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civil contempt is a means to compel compliance with a court order, typically for the benefit of another party
“Contempt will not lie when the alleged contemnor, through no fault of his own, is in a position where he cannot comply ***.”
“We also emphasize that, even in contempt proceedings involving visitation abuse issues, the importance of the children’s best interests must not be lost, and the children should not be used as pawns.”
“We also emphasize that, even in contempt proceedings involving visitation abuse issues, the importance of the children’s best interests 20 No. 1-15-2494 must not be lost, and the children should not be used as pawns.”
“Where a parent is found in contempt for failure to turn a child over to the other parent for visitation or custody, the conduct occurs outside of the court’s presence and must be construed as indirect contempt.”

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Judges: Divito, Coccia, Hartman

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