Worthington v. Harty

How courts have described this case

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• reversing award of attorney’s fees for trial court’s failure to consider ability to pay and need before ordering payment to wife in contempt proceedings instituted under chapter 61
• “As a general rule, attorney’s fees may be awarded as a sanction in civil contempt proceedings without findings as to the parties’ respective need and ability to pay.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).