[opposing party] from reaching [the attorney]’s interest in his law firm through the appointment of a receiver[.]”
The attorney raised many arguments on appeal (including due process violations, improper findings by the trial court who relied on bankruptcy court's findings). He also asserted that the trial court's sentencing him to jail was an improper attempt to collect a debt. The Court of Appeals held that, unlike a contractual debt for which the attorney could not be imprisoned, the trial court imprisoned the attorney for failing to comply with the court order that forbade him from transferring his assets. According to the Court, there is "no indication that the trial court employed the criminal contempt citation as a punishment for [the attorney]’s failure to pay the debts he owed appellees."
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