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Rule 37.02: Failure to Comply with Order. Rule 37.03: Failure to Supplement or Amend Responses or Failure to Admit. Rule 37.04: Failure of Party to Attend at Own Deposition or Serve Answers to Interrogatories or Respond to Requests for Inspection.
Chapter 9 - Contempt of Court. § 29-9-103. Punishment. The punishment for contempt may be by fine or by imprisonment, or both.
The typical punishment for civil contempt is forcing the offender to comply ? pay child support, alimony, or what you have you. The court can also put an offender in jail at their discretion.
With Criminal Contempt ? you are being jailed as punishment for failing to abide by the Court Order. A judge can jail you 10 days for each violation. There are defenses to Contempt.
Contempt for Willful Noncompliance with Rules. For a willful noncompliance with any material and substantive requirement of these rules, an attorney, trial court clerk, court reporter, or other officer of the court may be held in contempt of court by this court after reasonable notice.
Civil Contempt occurs when a person refuses to obey a court order. Civil contempt can be ?purged? by complying with the court order. A fine, confinement in jail, or both can be imposed for civil contempt.
There is no set number of missed child support payments that will send a parent to jail. However, you are probably risking jail time if you miss three months of payments in a row. Typically, delinquent parents will only be sent to jail if they don't have a job to lose or are repeat offenders.
You Can be Sent to Jail If a parent willfully refuses to pay child support, he or she can be jailed as punishment.