CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Enforcement
......Contempt
.........Direct Contempt
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Contempt statute.

Acts constituting contempt.

Attorney held in contempt for impugning the integrity of the court in a document filed with the court; court makes a plea for professionalism.

Anyone impugning the integrity of a court in its presence or in pleadings commits a direct contempt that may be punished summarily.

Direct contempts are criminal in nature even though they may occur in civil actions.