CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Enforcement
......Contempt
.........Introduction
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Introduction to contempt topic.

Where custodial parent entitled to support has no atty, State need not provide counsel to the noncustodial supporting parent at civil contempt proceeding which may lead to incarceration; other procedures must address ability to pay.

Contempt is quasi-criminal; has attributes of criminal proceeding.

Code Civ. Proc. §177.5 applied to counsel's in-court conduct; various defenses rejected; opportunity to be heard does not mean evidentiary hearing; Code Civ. Proc. §128.5 distinguished.