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The most common reason for holding someone in contempt is for refusing to follow an order to pay money. Ordering them to pay more money isn't going to be effect
by learc83 8y ago
The most common reason for holding someone in contempt is for refusing to follow an order to pay money. Ordering them to pay more money isn't going to be effective. There really isn't anything else you can do. You can take their stuff, but if they had assets that could easily be seized, you would do that in the first place.
Corporations can be fined into compliance because making money is generally a corporation's only purpose. The closest equivalent for and individual is removing time from their life--jail time.
A jail cell is basically the last resort to force compliance. It's also what will eventually happen to individuals running a corporation if they keep defying court orders.
- gnode 8y agoThat's true, but in this case it's not being used as a last resort, but seemingly as a matter of course.