Sec. B-1. 15 MRSA §2115-B is enacted to read:
§2115-B. Appeal by aggrieved contemnor
1. Summary contempt proceedings involving punitive sanctions. In a summary contempt proceeding involving punitive sanctions, accompanied or unaccompanied by remedial sanctions, instituted under either the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 42 or the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 66, before a Judge of the District Court, Probate Court or Administrative Court, a contemnor who is aggrieved by an order and imposition of a punitive sanction may appeal, as provided under section 2111 and the applicable Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, to the Superior Court and, if unsuccessful, to the Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, as provided under section 2115 and the applicable Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure. In a like proceeding, instituted under either the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 42 or the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 66, before a Justice of the Superior Court or a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, any contemnor aggrieved by an order and imposition of a punitive sanction may appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, as provided under section 2115 and the applicable Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure.
2. Plenary contempt proceedings involving punitive sanctions. In a plenary contempt proceeding involving punitive sanctions, accompanied or unaccompanied by remedial sanctions, instituted under either the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 42 or the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 66, any contemnor aggrieved by an adjudication and imposition of a punitive sanction tried other than in the Superior Court or Supreme Judicial Court may appeal, as provided under section 2111 and the applicable Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, to the Superior Court, and if unsuccessful, to the Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, as provided under section 2115 and the applicable Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure. In a like proceeding instituted under either the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 42 or the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 66, any contemnor aggrieved by an adjudication and imposition of a punitive sanction tried in the Superior Court or Supreme Judicial Court, may appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, as provided under section 2115 and the applicable Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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