FIELDS v. FIELDS

No. 1184, September Term, 1987.

74 Md. App. 628 (1988)

539 A.2d 708

MYRON ELSWORTH FIELDS v. CAROLYN ANN BATES BROWN FIELDS.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

April 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Felipe Anderson, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender on the brief) Baltimore, for appellant.

No appearance by appellee.

Argued before WILNER, GARRITY and ALPERT, JJ.


GARRITY, Judge.

Under date of March 10, 1988, this court issued its per curiam order reversing the judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City which had found Myron E. Fields in contempt of court. We now explain why we took that action.1

Once again, we were asked to decide whether an indigent in a civil contempt proceeding is entitled to the assistance of appointed counsel — unless he has waived such right &...

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