Breona C. v. Rodney D.

Breona C. v. Rodney D., No. 0299, September Term, 2021. Opinion by Fader, C.J. CONTEMPT — CIVIL CONTEMPT — NATURE AND ELEMENTS OF CONTEMPT — ACTS OR CONDUCT CONSTITUTING CONTEMPT OF COURT An order holding a person in constructive civil contempt must: (1) impose a sanction; (2) include a purge provision that gives the contemnor the opportunity to avoid the sanction by taking a definite, specific action of which the contemnor is reasonably capable; and (3) be designed to coerce the contemnor’s future compliance with a valid legal requirement rather than to punish the contemnor for past,…