BERMAN v. LAWRENCE

No. 91-2290.

590 So.2d 556 (1991)

Myron B. BERMAN, Petitioner, v. Lonnie R. LAWRENCE, etc., et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Lechtman, North Miami Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Jorge Espinosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, Carlos Teplicki, North Miami Beach, for respondents.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The petitioner was held in civil contempt for his failure to produce various documents required in post-judgment discovery in aid of execution. The order committing him to imprisonment for six months stated that he could be released only upon posting a cash bond in the amount of the underlying money judgment. Since such a contempt order must contain a purge provision conditioned only on the production of the documents in question, Eden v. The Bank of...

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