Eden v. Bank of New York

After finding petitioner in contempt for failure to comply with a court order to respond to a request for discovery in aid of execution on a final judgment, the trial court issued a writ of bodily attachment. The trial court did not condition the writ on compliance with the order to respond to the request for discovery. Rather, the court imposed a purge provision which required petitioner to satisfy a money judgment in the amount of $270,976.49, or post a bond of that same amount. In so doing, the trial court departed from the requirements of law. See Bowen v. Bowen, 471 So.2d 1274, 1277…