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Ala. Code § 12-1-10 (2026)

Punishment by Courts for Contempt.

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The courts of this state may punish for contempt as provided by law.

(Code 1852, §§568, 604, 628, 671, 704, 712; Code 1867, §§660, 700, 746, 791, 832, 842; Code 1876, §§571, 618, 657, 694, 746, 758; Code 1886, §4194; Code 1896, §4590; Code 1907, §6693; Code 1923, §3798; Code 1940, T. 13, §9.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1990–2018 · leading case: Altapointe Health Sys., Inc. v. Davis, 90 So. 3d 139 (Ala. 2012).
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Altapointe Health Sys., Inc. v. Davis, 90 So. 3d 139 (Ala. 2012). · cites it 2× “” However, nothing in § 12-1-7, § 12-1-8, § 12-1-10, or § 12-13-9, Ala. Code 1975, provides that a court may hold a party or person in contempt for failing to comply with a statute.”
Shellhouse v. Bentley, 690 So. 2d 401 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997). “§§ 12-1-10 and 12-11-30, Ala.Code 1975; Taylor v.”
L.S. v. A.S., 272 So. 3d 169 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “" See also § 12-1-10, Ala. Code 1975 ("The courts of this state may punish contempt as provided by law.”
Ex Parte Parcus, 615 So. 2d 78 (Ala. 1993). “I would hold only that in a contempt proceeding for nonsupport an indigent defendant may not be incarcerated if the defendant has not been informed of the right to counsel or has been denied counsel.”
Taylor v. Taylor, 560 So. 2d 768 (Ala. Civ. App. 1990). “However, we find the court's imposition of an additional twenty-five-day sentence to be improper.”
L.S. v. A.S., 272 So. 3d 169 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “" See also § 12-1-10, Ala. Code 1975 ("The courts of this state may punish contempt as provided by law.”
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