Fill and Sign the Contempt Petition 490105303 Form

State of Alabama Unified Judicial System Form C -16 (front) Rev. 7/2013 CONTEMPT PETITION Court Case Number IN THE _________________________ COURT OF ____________________________ , ALABAMA (Circuit, District or Municipal) (Name of County or Municipality) ______________________________________________________ v. _______________________________________________________________ Plaintiff Defendant Home Address: _____________________________ Home Address: _____________________________________ ___ _______________ ________________________ _________________________________________________ City/State/Zip Code: _ _________________________ City/State/Zip Code: _________________________________ Home Telephone Number: _ ____________________ Home Telephone Number: _ _______________ ____________ Comes now the Petitioner, _____________________________ (name of person requesting that the Respondent be held in contempt) and shows unto the Court as follows: On _____________________________ (date) , the Respondent, __________________________ (name), was ordered by the Court to _____________________________________________________________________________ __ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ . WHEREFORE, the premises considered, the above -named Petitioner moves this Court as follows: (1) That a hearing be set and notice of the date, time and place of this hearing be served on the Respondent and that , at the hearing , the Respondent be required to show cause why he/she should not be held in civil criminal contempt of court; (2) that the Court reduce the arrearages to a judgment with interest and order payments thereon; (3) that , at the hearing, the Court also enter an income withholding order; (4) that such other and further relief be granted as to which the Petitioner may be entitled to and which the Court may deem just. ____________________ _ _______________________________ _______ Date Signature of Petitioner Name and Business Address of Attorney: ___________________________________________ __ _________________________________________ __ _________________________________________ __ _________________________________________ Business Telephone Number of Attorney : ________________ ORDER The court hereby ORDERS that a hearing on the petition be set on _ ___________________ (date) at ___________ (time) in _________________________________________ (place) for both parties to appear and for the Respondent to show cause why he/she should not be held in contempt of court. ________________________________________ Signature of Judge IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RESPONDENT THE RESPONDENT MAY COMPLETE AN AFFIDAVIT OF SUBSTANTIAL HARDSHIP REQUESTING AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT HIM/HER IF CRIMINAL CONTEMPT IS CHECKED ABOVE. THE RESPONDENT WILL BE NOTIFIED IF HIS/HER REQUEST HAS BEEN GRANTED OR DENIED. THE RESPONDENT ’S "ABILITY TO PAY" WI LL BE A CRITICAL ISSUE IF CIVIL CONTEMPT IS CHECKED ABOVE. THE RESPONDENT WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS ABOUT HIS/HER FINANCIAL STATUS. FAILURE OF THE RESPONDENT TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING MAY RESULT IN THE ISSUA NCE OF A W RIT OF ARREST PU RSUANT TO RULE 70A( D) , ALABAMA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. Court Record: Original Petitioner: Copy Respondent: Copy State of Alabama Unified Judicial System Form C -16 (front) Rev. 7/2013 CONTEMPT PETITION RETURN ON SERVICE I certify that I personally delivered a copy of the Contempt Petition to _____________________________ __ ______________________________ in _____________________________________________________ County. Alabama on _ _____________________________________________________________________________ (date). Certified mail return receipt received in this office on ________________________________________________ (date). (Return receipt hereto attached). ___ ___________ _____________ ____________________________________________ Date Server’s Signature Address of Server: ______________________________________ ___ _________ ________________________________ __ ____________________________________ Type of Server ______________________________________