EX PARTE McMORROUGH

1041848.

930 So.2d 518 (2005)

Ex parte Theodore L. McMORROUGH. (In re Theodore L. McMorrough v. Patricia Y. McMorrough).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 18, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Boone, Florence, for petitioner.

Submitted on petitioner's brief only.


STUART, Justice.

WRIT DENIED. NO OPINION.

LYONS, HARWOOD, SMITH, and BOLIN, JJ., concur.

NABERS, C.J., and SEE, WOODALL, and PARKER, JJ., dissent.

PARKER, Justice (dissenting).

Our judicial system could not function effectively without the power to enforce court orders, and an essential means of such enforcement is the power to punish for contempt those who flout court orders.

However, the contempt power is also capable of abuse...

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