Minnesota Appellate Opinions

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a250417 Minn. Ct. App. 2025-11-10 Affirmed In the Marriage of: Elizabeth Doree Hanson v. Todd David Hanson
… pellant challenges the denial of her motion to hold respondent in constructive civil contempt of court for failing to pay spousal maintenance. She argues that the district court (1) abused its discretion by granting respondent’s request t …
A231218 Minn. 2024-11-20 Disbarred In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Madsen Marcellus, Jr., a Minnesota Attorne…
… 3. In June 2013, he was served with discovery requests, notice of trial on the civil contempt relating to the loan modification, and other documents. Further discovery requests were served on Marcellus numerous times thereafter. Despite …
A221727 Minn. 2024-07-31 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Blair Benedict Oberton
a231246 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-06-17 Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded In re the Marriage of: David Gordon Wingad v. Janet Marie Wingad
a231068 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-05-13 Affirmed in part and reversed in part Kevin James Kleinschmidt v. Angela Rose Farkash
… nd in civil, not criminal, contempt. We affirm the district court’s finding of civil contempt and award of attorney fees to respondent, but we reverse the district court’s imposition of a fine under Minn. Stat. § 588.10. …
a230600 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-01-22 Affirmed John P. Norusis v. City of Marine on Saint Croix
… e, appellant challenges the district court’s order finding him in constructive civil contempt and awarding to respondent the attorney fees it incurred in seeking to bring appellant into compliance with the injunction issued by the distri …
a221117 Minn. Ct. App. 2023-11-27 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Paul Scott Seeman
… to stand when those in court were asked to do so in 2019, (2) an incident in a civil contempt matter in 2021 when appellant asked the judge if he was held in custody in retaliation for filing a complaint against her with the Board of Judi …
A17-1732 Minn. 2019-03-27 Affirmed Sehlstrom v. Sehlstrom
… § 588.01 , subd. 3(3). "In addressing the limits on a trial judge's exercise of civil contempt powers[,] ... one essential prerequisite is that the prior decree or order of a court sought to be enforced by contempt must clearly define the a …
A16-1323 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-09-25 Modified Johnson v. Johnson
… trict court found that wife had not refinanced the mortgage, ruled her to be in civil contempt of court, and gave her 45 days to purge the contempt by refinancing the mortgage. When wife did not do so, the district court filed a May 2014 or …
A15-2075 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-17 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Matthew Vaughn Diamond
… ne. Diamond refused to comply. On April 3, the district court found Diamond in civil contempt and informed him that 3 compliance with the order would remedy the civil contempt. Diamond prov …
A15-1807 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-12-27 Reversed and remanded In re the Custody of M. M. L. Nathan James Sands v. Sue Mae Lovick, Dakota County
… 00 in arrears. In 2014, Lovick moved the district court to find Sands in civil contempt due to unpaid arrearages. Sands obtained hourly employment from June 2014 until January 2015, when his employment was involuntarily terminated. …
A16-761 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-12-19 Affirmed In re the Matter of: Emily M. Pederson v. Scott H. Meyer
… and the Christmas holidays in 2014. The referee found Pederson in constructive civil contempt for the March 2015 violation. The referee found that Meyer violated the order granting Pederson sole legal custody by keeping the child …
A15-1900 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-09-06 Affirmed In re the Marriage of: Dawn Angela Swenson v. Shawn Anthony Pedri, County of Dakota, inte…
… onable.” Hopp v. Hopp, 279 Minn. 170, 173, 156 N.W.2d 212, 216 (1968). Because civil contempt is intended “to make the rights of one individual as against another meaningful,” the court must be “free to compel performance by methods whic …
A15-1940 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-08-22 Affirmed In re the Marriage of: Anita Jurevica v. Margots Kapacs
… n February, the district court issued an order finding husband in constructive civil contempt for failing to obey the order for temporary relief. It ordered him to serve 180 days in jail, but stayed execution if husband complied with the …
A15-1886 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-08-22 Affirmed Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson, P. A., f/k/a Mohrman & Kaardal, P. A. v. Gene Rechtzigel, Ge…
… er 21, 2015 final contempt order, the district court clearly held appellant in civil contempt. The underlying proceedings were civil in nature, the contempt order was designed to secure compliance with the district court’s post- judgment …
A15-1864 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-08-15 Affirmed Curtis Trude, (A15-0378), (A15-1863, A15-1864), Glenwood State Bank, counterclaimant, and…
… the Ziegler equipment’s location. At a hearing on November 3 it held Trude in civil contempt and ordered him jailed until he complied with the court’s disclosure order. Finally Trude revealed the location, and a few days later Bud showed …
A15-1684 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-06-20 Affirmed Serena Rae Sullivan v. Robert John Sladek
… motion to modify custody. Respondent moved for a finding that appellant was in civil contempt of court, for a modification of parenting time, and for related relief. Following a hearing on the parties’ motions, the district court …

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A17-0898; A17-1301 Minn. Ct. App. 2018-05-07 Denied State v. Schloegl