| 1 CA-SA 26-0013 |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2026-03-02 |
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Isom v. Isom
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… ¶5 Husband’s pre-trial statement asked the court to hold Wife in “civil contempt” for refusing to return the guns and to impose monetary sanctions to compel her future compliance with court orders. Wife’s pre- trial statement …
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| 1 CA-CV 25-0287 FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2026-02-20 |
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Porter v. Porter
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… priate order under Rule 92. See Ariz. R. Fam. L.P. 92 (authorizing court to use civil contempt sanctions to compel compliance with a court order or to compensate for losses caused by a failure to comply with a court order); see also Trombi …
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| 1 CA-CV 23-0563 |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2025-12-12 |
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Nicaise v. ades/sundaram
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| 1 CA-CV 24-0703-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2025-04-22 |
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Lopez v. Tinnean
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… child support because the court disregarded the requirements for a petition for civil contempt. We note that if Father’s petition were a contempt petition, as Mother alleges, it would divest this court of jurisdiction to hear Mother’s argum …
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| 1 CA-CV 24-0347-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2025-02-20 |
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Brown v. Brown
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… 2009). Instead, a petition for special action is appropriate for challenging a civil contempt order. See Stoddard v. Donahoe, 224 Ariz. 152, 154, ¶ 7 (App. 2010). We may, however, treat an attempted contempt appeal as a special action. Pea …
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| 1 CA-CV 23-0587-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2025-02-13 |
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Howie v. Howie
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… er an evidentiary hearing in November 2020, the superior court found Husband in civil contempt for failing to pay temporary spousal maintenance and child support as ordered. The court ruled that Husband owed Wife past due support totaling $ …
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| 1 CA-CV 24-0470-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2025-02-11 |
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Hameed v. Qandeel
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… d to Wife as not authorized within the parties’ contract. True, courts “may use civil contempt sanctions . . . for compelling compliance with a court order[.]” Ariz. R. Fam. Law P. 92(a)(1). But here, the funds are not to be paid into the r …
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| 1 CA-CV 24-0253 |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2025-01-30 |
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State Bar v. Papa
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… 2009). Instead, a petition for special action is appropriate for challenging a civil contempt order. See Stoddard v. Donahoe, 2 STATE BAR v. PAPA …
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| 1 CA-CV 21-0604-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2022-12-29 |
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Decormier v. Cormier
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… riz. 40, 42, ¶ 8 (App. 2021) (noting the “well-established rule in Arizona that civil contempt adjudications are not appealable”). II. Change of Judge ¶13 Father moved for Judge LeMaire’s recusal pursuant to ARFLP 6(f). Judge …
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| 1 CA-CV 22-0153-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2022-12-29 |
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Dawson v. Dawson
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… Wife first contends the court erred by not finding Husband in contempt. Civil contempt rulings can only be challenged in a special action. Stoddard v. Donahoe, 224 Ariz. 152, 154, ¶ 7 (App. 2010). While we have discretion to treat W …
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| 1 CA-CV 21-0221-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2022-11-03 |
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Aguiniga v. Aguiniga
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… wing a trial. See also Ariz. R. Fam. Law P. 92(a)(1) (authorizing courts to use civil contempt sanctions “for compelling compliance with a court order or for compensating a party for losses because of a contemnor’s failure to comply with a …
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| 1 CA-CV 22-0204-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2022-11-03 |
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Pulkrabek v. Pulkrabeck
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… ¶ 35 (App. 2001) (although this court lacks jurisdiction over an appeal from a civil contempt finding, it may treat it as a petition for special action and accept jurisdiction). DISCUSSION I. Changed C …
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| 1 CA-CV 21-0483-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2022-10-18 |
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Mikalacki v. Rubezic
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… ercial] building.” ¶56 Although this court lacks jurisdiction over a civil contempt adjudication on direct review, Henderson v. Henderson, 241 Ariz. 580, 587, ¶ 16 (App. 2017) (explaining contempt findings are reviewable only by …
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| 1 CA-CV 21-0505 |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2022-07-28 |
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Avalon Hills v. Lang
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… ior court granted the Association’s motion for sanctions and found the Langs in civil contempt. In July 2021, the court entered a Second Supplemental Judgment awarding the Association additional private security costs and attorneys’ fees. T …
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| 1 CA-CV 21-0472-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2022-06-28 |
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Gish v. Greyson
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| 1 CA-CV 20-0441-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2021-11-16 |
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Kelly v. Kelly
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… y sanctions on contemptuous parents, even incarcerating them after a finding of civil contempt. See Hays, 205 Ariz. at 104, ¶ 23; Korman v. Strick, 133 Ariz. 471, 473 (1982) (describing imprisonment as a sanction for civil contempt). But th …
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| 1 CA-CV 20-0589-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2021-07-01 |
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Smith v. Smith
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… n.” But as described below, the challenged attorney’s fee ruling is grounded in civil contempt proceedings seeking enforcement of existing parenting time orders and compensation for expenses (here, attorney’s fees) incurred to secure Father …
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| 1 CA-CV 20-0454-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2021-04-29 |
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Sanchez v. Jaime
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… Father also challenges the court’s contempt ruling and attorneys’ fees award. A civil contempt order is not appealable unless its substance or effect, beyond including a finding of contempt, renders it appealable pursuant to § 12-2101. Gree …
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| 1 CA-CV 20-0372 |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2021-03-11 |
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Hott v. Sommers
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… A M P B E L L, Judge: ¶1 Julie Sommers appeals the superior court’s civil contempt adjudication and its affirmation of an injunction against harassment (“IAH”) in favor of Jonathan Hott. We dismiss the appeal because we lack jur …
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| 1 CA-CV 20-0256-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2021-02-18 |
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Nibley v. Hille
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… 01, 411, ¶ 35 (App. 2001) (this court lacks jurisdiction “over an appeal from a civil contempt adjudication”). DISCUSSION ¶9 Father argues the superior court abused its discretion by entering a ju …
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| 1 CA-CV 20-0068-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2020-12-22 |
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Soetan v. Soetan
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… of Civil Appellate Procedure 21. 2 To the extent Father is challenging his civil contempt finding, this court lacks jurisdiction. See Stoddard v. Donahoe, 224 Ariz. 152, 154, ¶ 7 (App. 2010) (“A special action petition is the appropria …
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| 1 CA-CV 19-0654-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2020-10-01 |
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Tarascio v. Siebers
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… considered Mother's "Notice of Non-Compliance and Petition for Enforcement and Civil Contempt" ("Contempt Petition"). Mother had filed the Contempt Petition in February 2019, three months before the court filed the decree of dissolution. T …
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| 1 CA-CV 18-0447-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2020-08-18 |
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Eans-Snoderly v. Snoderly
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… ern. The law is clear that this court lacks jurisdiction “over an appeal from a civil contempt adjudication.” Danielson v. Evans, 201 Ariz. 401, 411, ¶ 35 (App. 2001). Thus, we do not have jurisdiction to consider Wife’s appeal of the super …
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| 1 CA-CV 15-0351-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2020-06-25 |
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Carroll v. Carroll
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… ter the Special Master intervened. As a result, the Special Master recommended "civil contempt" and that "fees and costs" should be awarded against him. Similarly, in the enforcement proceeding, Husband filed a counter-petition alleging tha …
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| 1 CA-CV 19-0245-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2020-06-18 |
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Garlan v. Garlan
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… requested it to order Wife to pay the debt allegedly owed under the MSA through civil contempt. Thus, the court did not err by concluding it did not have the power to resolve Husband’s petition for contempt. Husband simply cannot recover a …
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| 1 CA-CV 19-0169-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2020-01-23 |
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Yee v. Yee
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… Mother timely appealed, but we do not have jurisdiction over appeals from civil contempt orders. Danielson v. Evans, 201 Ariz. 401, 411, ¶ 35 (App. 2001). In the exercise of our discretion, however, we treat Mother’s appeal from the c …
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| 1 CA-MH 18-0067-SP |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2019-07-25 |
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In Re Fredrick B.
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… ck, 133 Ariz. 471, 474 (1982) (identifying detention and fines as mechanisms of civil contempt); cf. Holt v. Hotham, 197 Ariz. 614, 615–16, ¶¶ 3, 10-11 (upholding contempt order against potential SVP who refused to submit to the initial exa …
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| 1 CA-CV 18-0021-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2018-10-25 |
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Uthe v. Uthe
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… JURISDICTION ¶11 Although part of this appeal challenges a civil contempt finding, civil contempt orders are not appealable and may only be challenged by special action. Stoddard v. Donahoe, 224 Ariz. 152, 154, ¶ 7 (App …
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| 1 CA-CV 17-0543 |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2018-07-10 |
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Whitmer v. Hilton Casitas
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… action. See Ariz. Const. art. 6, § 14(1); see also A.R.S. § 12-864 (describing civil contempts to include failure to obey the superior court’s order as well as “all other contempts not specifically embraced within this article”). We theref …
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| 1 CA-CV 17-0437-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2018-05-08 |
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Lacy v. Lacy
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… rial date and a status conference in March 2017. The court filed a petition for civil contempt pursuant to Rule 92, ordered the presence of Wife’s counsel for a hearing as to why civil contempt should not be entered against him, and bifurca …
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| 1 CA-CV 16-0769-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2018-01-23 |
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Bangiyev v. Arzumanova
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… ion at trial. The parties presented evidence regarding the contempt allegation. Civil contempt proceedings in family law matters are governed by Arizona Rule of Family Law Procedure (“Rule”) 92. Pursuant to Rule 92(E), the court “shall ente …
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| 1 CA-SA 17-0270 |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2017-12-21 |
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Lillqvist v. Hon. fish/brigham
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… 7 (App. 2010). ANALYSIS ¶11 “We review [a] civil contempt finding . . . for an abuse of discretion.” Stoddard, 224 Ariz. at 154, ¶ 9 (citing Munari v. Hotham, 217 Ariz. 599, 605, ¶ 25 (App. 2008)). “We d …
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| 1 CA-CV 17-0017-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2017-12-05 |
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Boyilla v. Boyilla
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… wing a show cause hearing on September 27, the court found Wife was in indirect civil contempt for failing to vacate the marital residence on August 1, 2016, and for failing to cooperate with the court-appointed real estate commissioner. Th …
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| 1 CA-CV 16-0776-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2017-10-31 |
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Cleary v. Cordero
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| 1 CA-SA 17-0119 |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2017-05-16 |
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Dellaripa v. Hon. holding/dellaripa
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… As relevant to issuance of a contempt order, Rule 92(B) states, “[n]o civil contempt may be imposed without notice to the alleged contemnor and without providing the alleged contemnor with an opportunity to be heard,” and the civi …
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| Nos. 2 CA-CV 2015-0193 and 2 CA-CV 2016-0054 (Consolidated) |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2017-02-28 |
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Marriage of Henderson v. Henderson
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… 6 P.3d 70, 73 (App. 2003) (court of appeals lacks jurisdiction over appeal from civil contempt adjudication). Suzanne objects, citing, inter alia, the many delays in this case and Scott’s “willful disregard of court orders.” Because some of …
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| 1 CA-CV 16-0128-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2017-02-09 |
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Chambers v. Fox
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… Father argues the family court erred by not holding Mother in contempt. Civil contempt actions are not appealable. Berry v. Superior Court (Martone), 163 Ariz. 507, 508 (App. 1989); Elia v. Pifer, 194 Ariz. 74, 80, ¶ 30 (App. 1998). …
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| 1 CA-CV 15-0774-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2016-12-30 |
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Petrocelli v. Anderson
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… dered counseling, and abused his power as final decision-maker. ¶8 Civil contempt actions are not appealable. Elia v. Pifer, 194 Ariz. 74, 80, ¶ 30 (App. 1998); Berry v. Super. Ct., 163 Ariz. 507, 508 (App. 1989. Rather, such o …
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| 1 CA-CV 15-0803-FC |
Ariz. Ct. App. |
2016-11-22 |
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Jones v. Jones
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… motion to dismiss, which Department M of this court denied. As a general rule, civil contempt orders are not appealable. See Berry v. Superior Court In & For County of Maricopa, 163 Ariz. 507, 508, 2 Wife moved to stay the order, an …
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