In an ideal world, divorcing spouses would be able to resolve all their disagreements and follow any orders handed down by an Illinois family court judge. Unfortunately, we do not live in an ideal world. One spouse may sometimes refuse to cooperate with an order or could even directly disobey an order, requiring enforcement of the judgment.
For example, one spouse may have been ordered to pay spousal support but refuses to do so because he or she feels the ruling was unfair. A judge’s orders could be permissive or prohibitive. A permissive order grants either party permission to engage in a specific conduct. During the distribution of assets portion of the divorce, the court could give one spouse permission to sell a specific vehicle and split the proceeds with the other spouse.
In the same situation, a prohibitive order could prohibit one spouse from concealing or transferring the vehicle to keep the other from taking possession of the vehicle. When a judge’s orders are ignored or deliberately violated, the judge could hold the person who violates the order in contempt of court. When you have an experienced Naperville, IL family law attorney from Calabrese Associates, P.C. as your advocate, a contempt of court ruling can often be avoided.