Adams v. El-Amin

By Judge Robert L. Harris, Sr.

At the Show Cause Hearing held September 3, 1993, at which the Defendant was found in civil contempt of court for willfully violating the Court’s child and spousal support Order of April 30, 1993,1 the Court took under advisement the Defendant’s request to be allowed to post bond pending appeal of the contempt finding and the jail sentence imposed. Because the Court believes that allowing the Defendant to post bond would be inconsistent with the remedial purpose of this civil contempt punishment, his request is denied.

The length of the jail sentence imposed on…