Legal Question in Family Law in Connecticut
Motion for Contempt
In CT, if I am filing a Motion for Contempt against the plantiff (my wife)in a family/ divorce for violating visitation agreements -and part of that agreement clearly states that no party ''shall disparage the other in the prescence of the minor children OR PERMIT OTHERS DO TO SO'' - Can I only include in my motion, by name, my mother-in-law- -(In this case the other party permitted to do so). And can I send the motion to my mother-in-law or her lwayer to compel her to appear in court? Or is there another motion for that?
My mother-in-law- was included by name in the original motion made by my lawyer but is not named in the agreement agreed to by the court.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Motion for Contempt
You can't have your mother-in-law held in contempt. She is not a party to the divorce case. Unfortunately, it will be difficult to hold her to an agreement you have with your wife.
I'm also not so sure your wife can be held accountable for what your mother-in-law does. However, since you have the agreement/court order that says she can not permit others to disparage you in the presence of the children, you can try to prosecute it. You may want to subpoena your mother-in-law to appear in court so you can present her as a witness to uncover what she did.
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