A bill to amend the District of Columbia Code to limit the length of time for which an individual may be incarcerated for civil contempt in a child custody case in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and to provide for expedited appeal procedures to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for individuals found in civil contempt in such case.

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Amends the District of Columbia Code to set a 12-month limit on the term of imprisonment which may be imposed for contempt in child custody cases. Requires the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to hear an appeal from an order of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia holding an individual in contempt and imposing imprisonment on such individual in the course of a child custody case within 60 days after such individual requests such appeal.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Indefinitely postponed in Senate

  summary · EN · 7 September 1989

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 3 August 1989

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 13 June 1989

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