245 N.C. App. 260 - Spears v. Spears’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mauney v. Mauney · 133 N.C. App. 221 - Cox v. Cox · 77 N.C. App. 808 - McMiller v. McMiller · 46 N.C. App. 332 - Teachey v. Teachey · 157 N.C. App. 382 - Scott v. Scott
Most-quoted passages
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“Failure to comply with an order of a court is a continuing civil contempt as long as: (1) The order remains in force; (2) The purpose of the order may still be served by compliance with the order; (2a) The noncompliance by the person to whom the order is directed is willful; and (3) The person to whom the order is directed is able to comply with the order or is able to take reasonable measures that would enable the person to comply with the order.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The standard of review for contempt proceedings is limited to determining whether there is competent evidence to support the findings of fact and whether the findings support the conclusions of law. Findings of fact made by the judge in contempt proceedings are conclusive on appeal when supported by any competent evidence and are reviewable only for the purpose of passing upon their sufficiency to warrant the judgment. North Carolina's appellate courts are deferential to the trial courts in reviewing their findings of fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a] factual finding that the [individual] has had the ability to pay as ordered supports the legal conclusion that violation of the order was willful; however, standing alone, this finding of fact does not support the conclusion of law that [the individual] has the present ability to purge himself of the contempt by paying the arrearages.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lesh v. Lesh
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