Legal Opinion
Baier v. Hampton
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided December 29, 1987No. Civ. 870076PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVINE, Justice.
James William Hampton appeals from a district court order finding him in contempt of court for failure to pay child support and for deceitful and evasive testimony. At issue is whether the contempt order is criminal in part, and if so, whether there was compliance with the procedural requirements of N.D.R.Crim.P. 42.1 We hold that the contempt order was in part criminal, that the procedure outlined in Rule 42(b) was not followed, and that the criminal contempt portion of the order is, therefore, improper. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
In a February 25, 1985 Ward County…
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