222 W. Va. 46 - Deitz v. Deitz’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 216 W. Va. 474 - Carr v. Hancock · 158 W. Va. 314 - Parker v. Knowlton Construction Company, Inc. · 161 W. Va. 568 - Shackleford v. Catlett · 155 W. Va. 103 - Mowery v. Hitt · 195 W. Va. 246 - Voelker v. Frederick Business Properties Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“In this regard, we have observed that “the law is ... not to be lightly mocked,” and a court may, therefore, "impos[e] whatever legal sanctions it ch[ooses] to compel the [contemnor’s] acquiescence to the court's authority.” Donahoe v. Donahoe, 219 W.Va. 102, 105 , 632 S.E.2d 42, 45 (2006) (per curiam). Accord Armstrong v. Armstrong, 201 W.Va. 244, 248 , 496 S.E.2d 194, 198 (1997) (per curiam) (directing circuit court to determine whether contemnor had ability to pay monies pursuant to divorce decree, and, if he had such ability to pay, further instructing circuit court to hold contemnor “in civil contempt with an appropriate sanction until the monies owed under the divorce decree are paid in full”).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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