Can a judge’s finding at trial be used to declare a person in contempt?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from J.D.C. v. K.L.M.F.C., 2015 BCSC 2398 (CanLII):
More recently, in Palleson-Stallan v. Stallan, 2014 BCCA 474 the court said at para. 6 that a judge’s findings at trial cannot be used to declare a person in contempt because those findings are not made on the criminal standard.
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