O'Briant v. O'Briant

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant contends that the trial court committed error in finding her in contempt for her failure to attend hearings on 25 February 1982 and 12 March 1982 and in sentencing her accordingly. We are persuaded that plaintiffs contentions have merit and hold that proper notice was not given plaintiff as required by Chapter 5A of the General Statutes.

At the outset we note that contempt in this jurisdiction may be of two kinds, civil or criminal, although we have stated that the demarcation between the two may be hazy at best. Blue Jeans Corp. v. Amalgamated…