{"id":6717,"date":"2022-06-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6717"},"modified":"2022-06-01T13:26:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T18:26:48","slug":"bankruptcy-didnt-block-contempt-proceedings-in-district-court-against-a-debtor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6717","title":{"rendered":"Bankruptcy Didn\u2019t Block Contempt Proceedings in District Court Against a Debtor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/contempt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/contempt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6718\" width=\"241\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/contempt.jpg 309w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/contempt-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A chapter 7 petition filed by the contemnor (a party held in contempt of court) did not bar the district court from moving ahead with contempt proceeds against the debtor for disobeying the district court\u2019s prior orders compelling the debtor to pay some $800,000 in previously imposed contempt sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, a contemnor\u2019s bankruptcy does not stop a district court from upholding the dignity of the court, according to District Judge Tena Campbell of Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Considering bankruptcy? Call our office at 816-524-4949 or <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/hoorfarlaw\">click here <\/a>to schedule a consultation to discuss your options.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chapter 7 petition filed by the contemnor (a party held in contempt of court) did not bar the district court from moving ahead with contempt proceeds against the debtor for disobeying the district court\u2019s prior orders compelling the debtor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6717\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1117,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bankruptcy","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6719,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6717\/revisions\/6719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}