Peoples v. Peoples

The appellant in this action raises the question of whether or not a District Court Judge may hold a party to a proceeding before him in civil contempt for failure to comply with court orders issued pursuant to a confession of judgment regarding payment of alimony which was entered in the Superior Court prior to the establishment of a district court for the district in which the order was entered. We answer that question unequivocally in the affirmative.

The Judicial Department Act of 1965, as codified in Chapter 7A of the General Statutes, sets up a “unified judicial system for purposes of…