Cork v. State

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Appellants appeal direct criminal contempt orders for failing to serve or improperly serving process on defendants in paternity and child-support proceedings and for notarizing proof-of-service affidavits outside the presence of the affiants.1 The chancellor initially found Appellants in civil contempt and ordered a sentencing hearing. However, after conducting that hearing, he proceeded to hold all in direct criminal contempt. Appellants submit, and the State concedes, that the alleged conduct was not direct criminal contempt, but constructive criminal…