CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Enforcement
......Contempt
.........Statutory Authority
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Family Law judgment order or decree may be enforced by contempt proceeding.

Certain acts or omissions re court proceedings constitute contempts of the court's authority.

Manner of proving contempt.

Penalties for contempt.

Party in contempt of one provision of order may not enforce other provisions, except support.

Each month for which support payment not made in full may be alleged as separate count of contempt and punishment imposed for each count proven.

Court action for contempt for failing to comply with a court order entered per DVPA; attorneys fees.

Failure to comply with terms of paternity judgment punishable by contempt.

Proof of child support order that is known to payor and violated is prima facie evidence of a contempt (in contempt prosecuted as a civil matter).

Person accused of contempt has right to hearing and to examine witnesses.

Each month for which support payment has not been made in full may be alleged as a separate count of contempt and punishment imposed for each count proven.

Punishment for family law contempt limited to 120 hours jail or community service for first conviction; subsequent violations more severe.

If contemnor has ability to perform act the omission of which is the basis of the contempt finding, contemnor may be imprisoned until act is performed.

Party who is in contempt may not enforce court order (rule does not apply to enforcement of support orders).

Reconciliation may ameliorate contempt.

Acts constituting criminal contempt.

Warrants of Attachment for contemnors - contempts not committed in presence of judge.