Spabile v. Hunt

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that contempt power is “utilized against only that person who, being able to comply, contumaciously disobeys, or refuses to abide by, the court order” (quotation omitted)
• explaining that a court should “take into account all factors relating to the particular nature of contemnor’s disobedience in determining what action on the court’s behalf is required.”
• stating that “power to punish for contempt is necessarily discretionary in nature” and thus court may “take into account all factors relating to the particular nature of the contemnor’s disobedience in determining what action on the court’s behalf is required”
• defendant bears burden to establish facts necessary to justify failure to comply with purgative conditions
• defendant bears burden to establish facts necessary to justify failure to comply with purgative conditions
• sanction for noncompliance with child support payments inappropriate where it does not contain any findings as to the husband’s ability to meet his courUdeereed obligations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).