Mississippi § 11-51-12 - Appeal from judgment of civil contempt.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 11-51-12 — Appeal from judgment of civil contempt., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11-51-12. Appeal from judgment of civil contempt.
A person ordered by any tribunal, except the Supreme Court, to be punished for a civil contempt, may appeal to the court to which other cases are appealable from said tribunal. If jail confinement is ordered to compel the payment of any monetary sum, the contemnor shall be allowed to appeal upon the execution of an appearance bond, payable to the appellee, with sufficient sureties, in the penalty of one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of such sum as he has been adjudicated in contempt for failure to pay, unless the court shall determine that a lesser bond should be required. The bond shall be conditioned to abide the results of the appeal. Where the punishment for civil contempt is other than jail confinement, the contemnor shall be allowed to appeal upon the posting of a bond, payable to the appellee, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the tribunal appealed from, in an amount to be fixed by such tribunal, conditioned to abide the results of the appeal. All appeals allowed in accordance with the provisions of this section shall operate as a supersedeas. The burden of proof in civil contempt shall be proof by a preponderance of the evidence.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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