Source: https://betterchancery.com/2017/05/18/a-contempt-potpourri/
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 22:49:20+00:00

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Additionally, it has also been held that where a court does not find one party in contempt, attorney fees are also properly awarded if the party requesting contempt “gains enforcement of a previous order”. Russell v. Russell, 724 So. 2d 1061, 1066 (24)(Ms. Ct. App. 1998). The power to award an appropriate attorney’s fee serves to make the plaintiff whole. Rogers v. Rogers, 662 So. 2d 1111, 1116 (Miss. 1995).
“…..the purpose of an award of attorney fees is to compensate the prevailing party for losses sustained by reason of a defendant’s noncompliance with the judicial decree.” Jurney v. Jurney, 931 So. 2d 372 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006), citing Hinds County Bd. of Supervisors v. Common Cause of Miss., 551 So. 2d 107, 125 (Miss. 1989). “A party who is forced to seek the intervention of the chancellor to enforce a decree is entitled to recover the reasonable expenses associated with that action. “ Strange v. Strange, 43 So. 3d 1169 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010), citing Chasez v. Chasez, 935 So. 2d 1058, 1063 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005).
The cases on attorney’s fees are all over the ball park, even in the area of contempt. You can cite authority going in every direction.
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