Sample ex parte application for Order to Show Cause for Contempt in California.
This sample ex parte application for Order to Show Cause for Contempt in California is filed pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1209, et seq., on the grounds that a party has willfully disobeyed an order of the Court, or has otherwise committed indirect contempt.
The sample ex parte application also requests the reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred with commencing the contempt proceeding pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1218(a).
The sample is 19 pages and includes,
- Brief instructions,
- Memorandum of points and authorities with citations to case law and statutory authority,
- Sample declaration,
- Sample declaration regarding ex parte notice,
- Proposed order to show cause, and
- Proposed order re: contempt.
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