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When do spouses file a Complaint for Contempt in MA divorce cases?

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case when parties are not following a

clear order of the Court the other party

can bring what’s called a contempt to

force the individual to follow the order

for example if you have an order that

one party is supposed to pay child

support and the child support is not

being paid the spouse that should be

receiving the child support can bring a

complaint for contempt asking the judge

to find the other individual in contempt

of court meaning that they haven’t

followed the order and also in a case

like that you could ask for attorney’s

fees to be awarded because you had to

seek intervention of the court to force

the other party to follow an order that

was clear and unequivocal

Hingham, MA family law attorney Carmela M. Miraglia explains when spouses can file a Complaint for Contempt in MA divorce cases.

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