Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

contempt?

My son's lawyer wants to file contempt charges on his ex girlfriend. They just went to court a month ago, and she has not followed the new order. She completely ignored the judge in the fall and did not even show for court.

One of the contempt charges is that she is not allowed around her violent boyfriend with the child. She lost the child for 30 days to my son, for neglect and abuse. They went to court over it. The day she got the child back, she went to boyfriends house. The violent boyfriend showed up at the hospital last week when my son took the baby to the emergency room and he is leaving messages on our phones. My son saw them together, but the girlfriend is saying 'you can't prove it'.

My question:

Is it enough that she has 'admitted' she takes the child to his house, and that the boyfriend calls my son's phone and leaves messages stating this fact. Or does he need a private investigator to prove this?


Asked on 3/14/06, 4:05 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Sher Wagshal and Sher

Re: contempt?

If the ex has admitted to taking the child to the boyfriend's house, that should be sufficient to prove a violation of the court order, subjecting her to contempt.

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Answered on 3/14/06, 5:01 pm


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