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IN RE ESTATE OF ELLIOTT

No. 99SA306.

993 P.2d 474 (2000)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Mary Beverly ELLIOTT; a/k/a Beverly Elliott, a/k/a Mary Elliott, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 14, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renee V. Cooper, Denver, Colorado Attorney, for Petitioner, Darlene Lee Robinson.

Hanna M. Warren, Englewood, Colorado, Attorney for successor, Personal Representative, Phillip Gene Elliott.

Justice RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We issued a rule to show cause pursuant to C.A.R. 21 in this case to determine whether the probate court abused its discretion when it held Petitioner Darlene Lee Robinson in contempt and ordered her incarcerated indefinitely. We now hold that the probate court abused its discretion when it ordered Petitioner to be incarcerated indefinitely in a remedial contempt proceeding without complying with Colorado Rule of Civil...

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