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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 38
JUDGES: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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F.S. 38.22

38.22 Power to punish contempts.—Every court may punish contempts against it whether such contempts be direct, indirect, or constructive, and in any such proceeding the court shall proceed to hear and determine all questions of law and fact.

History.—s. 1, Nov. 23, 1828; RS 975; GS 1345; RGS 2534; CGL 4161; s. 1, ch. 23004, 1945; s. 4, ch. 73-334.

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Amendments to 38.22

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 38.22

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S38.22 - CONTEMPT OF COURT - NO OFF OR PENALTY - F: F

S38.22 - CONTEMPT OF COURT - NO OFF OR PENALTY - M: S

S38.22 - CONTEMPT OF COURT - CRIMINAL CONTEMPT - N: N

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 38.22

Total Results: 20

PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. v. BARBARA COHEN, as Personal representative of the ESTATE OF RITA SHIFRIN

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-06-08T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 10 See § 38.22, Fla. Stat. (recognizing a court’s statutory power

DERRICK TYRONE JENKINS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-06-23T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: court criminal judge” hear the case. Section 38.22, Florida Statutes (2019), provides that “[e]very

Keith R. Johnson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-02-03T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 218 So. 3d 957

Snippet: felony proceeding, a circuit court case. Section 38.22[, Florida Statutes (2008)] gave the circuit judge

Dennis DeMartin v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-03-30T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 188 So. 3d 87, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 4917

Snippet: s conclusions of law.” Id. Section 38.22, Florida Statutes, states, “Every court may punish

Noel Plank v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-03-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 190 So. 3d 594, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 93, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 553

Snippet: act on contempt of court. Specifically, section 38.22, Florida Statutes (2013), provides: “Every court

Weinberg v. Weinberg

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-05-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 137 So. 3d 600

Snippet: So.3d 1259,1261-62 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012) (citing § 38.22, Fla. Stat. (2010)). Such empowerment assists courts

Cavallaro v. Omni Properties

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-02-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 133 So. 3d 1121

Snippet: intentionally failing to obey a court order. See § 38.22, Fla. Stat. (2010); Parisi v. Broward Cnty., 769

Rojo v. Rojo

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-04-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 84 So. 3d 1259, 2012 WL 1316804, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 5927

Snippet: intentionally failing to obey a court order. See § 38.22, Fla. Stat. (2010); Parisi v. Broward Cnty., 769

Alan v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-05-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 39 So. 3d 343, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 7322, 2010 WL 2077168

Snippet: facing criminal contempt charges. Id.; see also § 38.22 Fla. Stat. (2008) (stating Florida courts have inherent

Schaab v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-04-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 33 So. 3d 763

Snippet: 114 S.Ct. 2552, 129 L.Ed.2d 642 (1994)). Section 38.22, Florida Statutes (2008), provides both circuit …felony proceeding, a circuit court case. Section 38.22 gave the circuit judge jurisdiction to hear and

Harvey v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-10-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 32 So. 3d 61

Snippet: no reason to believe that the statute [section 38.22, Florida Statutes, as amended in 1945] is unconstitutional

In Re Amend. to Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2008-07-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 986 So. 2d 576

Snippet: Committee notes revised. Statutory References § 38.22, Fla. Stat. Power to punish contempts. § 38.23,

Saridakis v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-07-12T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 936 So. 2d 33

Snippet: Aaron v. State, 284 So.2d 673 (Fla.1973): Section 38.22 of the Florida Statutes, F.S.A., authorizes courts…Florida courts has been codified by statute, section 38.22, Florida Statutes (1985), there is no statute which

The Florida Bar v. Brown

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2005-06-09T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 905 So. 2d 76

Snippet: approved by a judge. See generally Colo.Rev.Stat. § 38-22-131 (2000). On March 6, 1997, Brown contacted Pioneer

Amend. to Rules of App. Proc., Civ. Proc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2004-09-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 887 So. 2d 1090

Snippet: Committee notes revised. Statutory References § 38.22, Fla. Stat. Power to punish contempts. § 38.23,

Simpson v. Young

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-07-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 884 So. 2d 186

Snippet: to enforce its own judgments by contempt. See § 38.22, Fla. Stat. (2003); cf. Wells v. State, 654 So.2d

Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2003-06-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 848 So. 2d 1069

Snippet: Committee notes revised. Statutory References § 38.22, Fla. Stat. Power to punish con-tempts. § 38.23,

Graves v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-07-24T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 821 So. 2d 459

Snippet: statute as either a felony or a misdemeanor. See § 38.22, Fla. Stat. (2001). In order to determine whether

Kramer v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-11-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 800 So. 2d 319

Snippet: Contempt is a common law crime in Florida. Section 38.22, Florida Statutes (1999), authorizes courts to punish

Bouie v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-04-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 784 So. 2d 521

Snippet: direct contempt, as settled in Aron.). Section 38.22, Florida Statutes (1997), grants courts the authority…case be construed to be a contempt. [2] Section 38.22, Florida Statutes (1997), provides: Every court