The Superior Court vacated a post-divorce contempt order because the trial court did not determine the contemnor’s present ability to pay and omitted a purge condition.
The Superior Court held that a child-welfare agency filed late after a parent’s guilty plea, but affirmed because the parent showed no prejudice from the delay.
The Superior Court vacated an order requiring a mother in a dependency case to disclose complete psychiatric evaluations to all counsel because less intrusive alternatives could verify treatment.
The Superior Court held that proceeds distributed from a deceased child’s survival-action estate were an inheritance, not income for calculating the recipient parent’s support obligation.