Contempt of court often comes up when somebody fails to pay their child support. There’s no statute that makes failure to pay child support a criminal offense that requires jail time. So how does somebody end up behind bars for failure to pay?
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The Purple-Faced Lawyer Test
Some lawyers say that they’ll argue anything that doesn’t turn their face purple from embarrassment. This is called the “purple face” test. While your attorney has an ethical duty to be candid with the judge and jury, you expect him to look at the facts from every possible angle and perhaps use a little creativity to formulate a realistic and favorable perspective to present to the judge or jury.