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Marianna Brown Bettman
Marianna Brown Bettman is a law professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where she teaches torts, legal ethics, and a seminar on the Supreme Court of Ohio. She is also a former Ohio state court of appeals judge. Each September since 2003, she has given a presentation at the Ohio Judicial Conference analyzing the year’s most important cases from the Supreme Court of Ohio. She also provides appellate consulting services to attorneys.
Tag Archives: civil contempt
Merit Decision: Due Process Does not Require the State to Provide Appointed Counsel to an Indigent Non-Paying Parent at a Civil Contempt Purge Hearing. Liming v. Damos.
On October 24, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision in Liming v. Damos, 2012-Ohio-4783. The Court had accepted the case on conflict certification and discretionary review and consolidated the two cases, argued May 23, 2012. In … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, Merit Decisions, Ohio Supreme Court Watch
Tagged civil contempt, due process, Purge Hearing, right to counsel
Tagged civil contempt, due process, Purge Hearing, right to counsel
Due Process Rights at a Civil Contempt Hearing
In my July 13 post I discussed the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Turner v. Rogers , in which the high court discussed the procedural safeguards necessary … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, Ohio Supreme Court Watch
Tagged civil contempt, due process, right to counsel
Tagged civil contempt, due process, right to counsel
Should A “Deadbeat Dad” get a Court-Appointed Lawyer Before Being Jailed for Non-Support
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that in a criminal trial the accused has the right to the assistance of a lawyer. And we all know from listening to the Miranda warnings on TV cop shows that if … Continue reading →
Tagged civil contempt, due process, right to counsel