When the contempt consists in the omission to perform an act which is yet in the power of the person to perform, the person may be imprisoned until the person performs it, and in such case the act shall be specified in the warrant of commitment.
Minn. Stat. § 588.12
IMPRISONMENT UNTIL PERFORMANCE.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Marriage of Mahady v. Mahady (1989)
Most recently applied in In Re the Welfare of K.E.H. (January 1996)
(9804) RL s 4650; 1986 c 444
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